freshly cut grass
scent of the old ways
sickle
in hand
Stephen Jarrell Williams
freshly cut grass
scent of the old ways
sickle
in hand
Stephen Jarrell Williams
Ceiling fan—
all the café’s conversations
cut
to pieces
M. R. Pelletier
*
Heatwave—
there’s more talk
of
planting trees
M. R. Pelletier
10/21/2009
steve richmond, sober,
dying alone in hospice —
no
more gagaku
Tohm Bakelas
After Her Death
My
new lover grief
eats chips naked in my bed
and will not
leave me
even when I offer her
a summer house at the beach.
Cecil Morris
at the end of the earth
where
the sun goes to die
a souvenir stand…
Mike Fainzilber
Oh, what greater love
Than fulfilling hopes and dreams
Can
we give others
Mike Turner
wedding anniversary
husband selects a bouquet
at
the cemetery
John J. Dunphy
*
weightlifter
trembling as he picks up
his
newborn son
John J. Dunphy
wanderlust
a little cloud
drifts
away
Vandana Parashar
*
shooting
everything in sight
wedding
photographer
Vandana Parashar
heat dome
even a
cactus
keels over
Christa Pandey
*
sunset
the
old pond
glows pink
Christa Pandey
thoughts twirling
in the spin-dryer
of
ego
Mike Freedman
*
priest lights up
leaving cathedral
no
sin to smoke
Mike Freedman
only a few
fireflies dream
of
becoming a star
evan coram
*
wet snowflakes
together
sharing
silence
evan coram
hare moon
from every direction
coyote
songs
Kerry J Heckman
*
tornado
hitching a ride
to
oz
Kerry J Heckman
my blind date
a no show —
total
eclipse
Alvin B. Cruz
*
summer
love unfolding my umbrella
Alvin B. Cruz