Summer Haiku

By Dianne Mortiz hydrangea bushes show off their big, blue blooms a praying mantis beach body surfing tumbling in fierce waves landing on packed sand scents wafting from the snack shack craving hot dogs seaside beach club oysters and tequila drunk on love walking by the bay a cast of fiddler crabs scuttle in beach …

Road Trip

By Frankie Laufer A modern-day cattle drive except with satellite radio. Twenty-five mile per hour speed limit only a memory in rear view mirror. Painted ponies keeping pace in a pasture like race cars on the final lap. A cloud with many faces watches over us. This is a good omen. Exit two fifteen, Woodpecker …

H-O-R-S and Other Poems

By Jesse Wolfe H-O-R-S Tuesdays—dad’s day—when mom worked late at the hospital, he collected us from school for lazy rounds of HORSE. Sun crept behind the garage, we slipped on sweaters, shots clanged off the rim. Games dragged on when leaders failed to clench their wins. One dangled me in no-man’s-land, H-O-R-S by myself. Dad, …

Turtle Synchrony and Other Poems

By Charles Weld Turtle Synchrony A big one strode across my sister’s yard June 3rd. And my brother-in-law wrote that another appeared the day after to dig up their grass and lay eggs for an hour, undeterred from this task by his presence. The Thoreaus also had a nest of turtle eggs, buried by Henry, …

Right the Words and Other Poems

By Ken Gosse Right the Words a Senryu If the words you write say more or less what you mean, search for better words. True to Form If your poetry’s formal, don’t go far astray— take the well-traveled road so it won’t get away. Stay true to its form, every facet belay or your Gordian …

Daisy Svitlana

By Luís Amorim Name of flower Has the beautiful Daisy Always on tower Of her behaviour, so daisy Like tremendous elegance Perceptible at any hazy Castle of big importance Or garden surrounded by sunshine Where reveals one glance That she’s unique as sign Of being really precious And a special kind Of Svitlana beauteous Smiling …

You and I and Other Poems

By Aviva Derenowski You and I When I scan your face I see Beauty Joy Generosity. Yesterday I saw Rage Torment Disbelief. I want to see You! How do I step out of My imagination? maybe, using my other senses, to your laughter Touching your wrinkles, Inhaling your sweat. You exist. I exhale. Having a …

Tap Water Poems

By Richard LeDue I. Learned too late in life how we aren't supposed to fill pots with hot tap water before we boil them, but my younger self believed in this time saving brilliance, before accepting sometimes being cold healthier. II. Smiles among dishwater bubbles seem to tell lies about everything being alright, while 1970's …

The Love of a Friend and Other Poems

By John Walsh The Love of a Friend It’s true, I have a love for life But did I participate. Or idlily pass the time away When life just couldn’t wait. The love I feel for all of you Who went on to do great, Is real and true; what can you do But chalk …

Sometimes and Other Poems

By Andrew Scott Sometimes Sometimes I wish I could go back to the innocent times of my younger years. Run those woods with screaming friends, exploring until the sun went down. Growing up can be confusing and complicated. Emotions and worries that are not understood. Sometimes I wish that I did not know the thing …