Poets in this issue — click a name to read
- Agnew, Zach
- Battle, Judy Shepps
- Brown, Laura Del Col
- Castaldi, Erin
- Cates, Anna
- Chapman, Jakob
- Cottrell, Suzanne
- Cox, Zooey
- Decker, Laurie
- Dickson, David
- Edwards, Karen
- Flanagan, Michael
- Fox, Apryl
- Franson, Jessica
- Gabrysh, Tyler
- Gasperson, Donald
- Hale, Robert
- Houston, Jerome
- Howard-hobson, Juleigh
- Jakobsons, Clarissa
- Levine, Bruce
- Livings, Earl
- Lupton, Robert Allen
- Macdonald, John
- Malik, Vyomi
- Melton, Bill
- Miller, Shelly
- Mlodzik, Caitlyn
- Montgomery , Jennifer
- Newberry, Martina Reisz
- Outhier, Jay
- Paoli, Allison
- Peck, Rachel
- Pella, Patricia
- Planko, Christa
- Ratcliffe, Michael
- Redman, Mary
- Sakai, Suzanne
- Sargent, Angela
- Schulz, Brian
- Shultz, David
- Tabaka, Ann Christine
- Teague, Heather
- Tipton, Tim
- Van Valin, Joel
- Vinstra, Yvonne
- Walker-lass, Debbie
- Werner, Erin
- Zempel, Rachel
- Zone, Michael
Caitlyn Mlodzik
Sitting at the edge, one paw in,
his tail wags and his sides quiver,
letting the water tap in greeting.
Martina Reisz Newberry
Tonight’s noisy winds
hand over the canyon’s dreams—
We’re all going a little mad.
Tyler Gabrysh
skittering pebbles on a glass pond
upsetting lily pads
exploding the watery moon
Robert Hale
Watching her sleeping
Night cries for her beauty
Dawn's dew is made of his tears
Zooey Cox
He fixed tape machines,
Called them his violet singers –
Echoes of old days.
John MacDonald
sparrow pushing off
a thin mulberry sapling -
branch and wing quiver
Yvonne Vinstra
The 1950s –
well-coiffed hair covered with hats,
white gloves on red nails.
Bruce Levine
enlightened enigma
pervades the temperance of time
holding moments against shadows
Michael Flanagan
senior class year book
the past returns in echos
of distant laughter
Bill Melton
on a gentle breeze
with pink and white blooms of silk
the mimosa nods
Robert Allen Lupton
Bright skies darken midday
shining diamond ring appears
birds applaud daylight’s return
Heather Teague
Love tastes like coffee with honey.
It will get you out of bed
when nothing else will.
Jerome Houston
Jack rabbit temper
stirs an old wild anger
thump thump thump goes the foot
Brian Schulz
Oaks sway at their trunks,
branches bare stretching skyward,
waving the wind on.
Laurie Decker
Casted lines, shimmering water
Tackle box full of tricks
Dad and daughter--sunburned
Joel Van Valin
White sky, ash tree branches
blossoming in my coffee cup—
even that darkness
Zach Agnew
Horizon lines shift
As sails and sea entwine
In an eternal embrace.
Debbie Walker-Lass
The Yellow dog is harmless
His scarred heart and mine, the same
Our haunted eyes click, release
Jakob Chapman
windowless light leaking
spun by silent spinners
burned to cinders
Angela Sargent
Leaves descend in fading kisses
Summer's last notes
A cacophony of endings
Shelly Miller
leaves crunch under foot
hopes and dreams dashed forever
mildew surrounds us
Christa Planko
Darkened, silent woods
A mouse stirs, rustling fall leaves –
Owl screech pierces night.
Donald Gasperson
a butterfly flutters by
elegant as a breeze
light as sunshine
Rachel Peck
dust fairies dance on
fractured rays, reflecting life
as it used to be
David Shultz
ghosts riding night bus
share seats with doppelgänger
window reflections
Michael Ratcliffe
Autumn wind, tall grass.
Empty flask on blanket.
Sun-dappled clarity.
Patricia Pella
sun veiled in magenta
spewed ash swallowing light
wildfire crescendo
Juleigh Howard-Hobson
A broken soul can never mend
The scars upon it tear and rend,
With every heartbeat, to the end.
Apryl Fox
In the quietness of the night
A lone nightingale breaks its song-
The moon shimmers on the dark water.
Erin Werner
Whittle away
The age-old hollow
Scars read like Braille
Erin Castaldi
fluorescent lights
white gurney sheet
bedrail spittle
Rachel Zempel
rubescent lips
suggestive fragrance
abandoned innocence
Suzanne Cottrell
Pristine snowfall blankets the land.
Bare branches wear fluffy, white robes.
A red cardinal perches in an evergreen.
Jay Outhier
White trunk of the elm
levitating in darkness.
In daylight, dark roots.
Laura Del Col Brown
A moth climbs a glass sky
And tenderly covers the moon
With ragged wings.
Michael Zone
rescinding the abacus
high noon miracle debauchery
furious samsara emissions
Suzanne Sakai
tattooed tan bridesmaids,
smoking by the still lake's edge;
gowns of deep-zen plum
Jessica Franson
Swallow pills
Everyday-
Believe you are better.
Ann Christine Tabaka
The long fingers of night
reach out for evening
embracing her with velvet arms
Earl Livings
wind tunes
trees, wing-beats
and bone
Jennifer Montgomery
sea flees land
strange beauty in loss
intangible
Anna Cates
wild grape tangles
where the brook swells
our shadows fall
David Dickson
Laughing like a kid
Giddy excitement
The joy of conversing with daughters
Allison Paoli
A self-propelled tragedy
From her daydream plot
Verses felt by her alone
Judy Shepps Battle
Shivers of delight
baptize and violate
simultaneously
Karen Edwards
Reality twisted–
like a funhouse mirror
rearranged to suit your truths
Clarissa JAKOBSONS
Outside my window,
The lost cat mewls searching
Through cacti spears
Vyomi Malik
Aubergine dawn
Hopes bygone rise
Pawned to karma
Mary Redman
fallen tree
decays into ant city—
urban renewal
TIM TIPTON
You will find me tucked
inside your pocket, my love
where I'll be always.