Starling at the New Food Truck A poem by Marianne Szlyk Starling at the New Food TruckSmaller, more dapper than a crow,the yellow-beaked starling dances,skips, and hops over cracked asphaltin front of the sleek food truck.Banda from an AM stationshakes... Continue Reading →
After a Migraine A poem by Laura Foley After a Migraine I hear mourning doves, robins and wrens,quelling my brain’s aural debristhat for days played too loudly with itself.Now, I reflect how the mind in painturned reflectionless cave. Now, I... Continue Reading →
Summer Days A poem by Lois Perch Villemaire Summer Days Pink peonies surrounded by buzzing honey beesmeant it was summer.Smell of the wading pool baking in the sun as the green garden hosesnaked across the lawn filling it up.Staying outside after dinnerwith neighborhood... Continue Reading →
The Song of Summer A poem by Judi Brannan Armbruster The Song of Summer The song of a summer thunderstormBegins with red sky dawnThen wind rises with the sunChimes respond in chorusSoon enough the crackle of lightningAnd the percussion of... Continue Reading →
Chord A poem by Susie James Chord Stacked like tiny bubbleson different linesor nestled perfectly between them,black as the eye of a crowor white as bone,three notes on the pagesound as one. In black and white like the maestro,the chord... Continue Reading →
Tides I A poem by N.L. Holmes Tides I Three hours from the sea,I hear the caustic hilarity of gulls,a make-the-best-of-it laughter. What else are birds to do who findthemselves so far from home?Follow the plow, the shoals of worms.... Continue Reading →
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