Sample poems
Issue #45, Fall 2020
cool morning
the yeast and I
slowly rise
Marilyn Ashbaugh
Edwardsburg MI
bus stop
a little girl pedals by
in butterfly wings
Dan Curtis
Victoria, BC, Canada
lockdown
the town recluse
carries on
Ferris Gilli
Marietta GA
nothing for them here
cottonwood puffs drift
through my daydream
Sam Bateman
Everett WA
out of breath
the windchimes
sing for her
Helen Buckingham
Bristol, UK
another friend
crosses over
the meadowlark’s song
Carolyn Hall
San Francisco CA
summer sunset
silent fists
fill the sky
Gideon Young
Chapel Hill, NC
Issue #44, Spring 2020
foam on my ankles
the ragged edge
of the continent
Ruth Yarrow
Ithaca NY
feeling my age
a maple leaf crumbles
in my hand
Jeannie Martin
Arlington MA
night rain a new tent beneath the bridge
frances angela
London, UK
sleepless—
I turn and watch
the moon watch me
Mary Kendall
Chapel Hill NC
she asks me to pray
a maple leaf
on her rain-wet shoe
Mary Stevens
Hurley NY
pain
I whisper about it
to complete strangers
Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola IA
candlelit shadows
we forget
we are mortal
Tia Haynes
Lakewood OH
reflecting pool
the flag
wavers
Laurie Greer
Washington, DC
all the rage white masks
Cherie Hunter Day
Menlo Park CA
actuarial table
a firefly escapes
from the jar
Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India