Emily Spanos’ poem Time Teller appeared here in August 2012. Nature’s StatueBy Emily Spanos The lone rangerStands tall and sturdyEmbeddedFrom the ground upBrownGrayJaggedRoughBlisteredFoundation.Brightly colored verduresSproutedFrom its plethoraOf arms and fingersFlows silentlyIn the wind.

Rhonda C Poynter’s poem Lighting a Candle for My Father on the Anniversary of His Death appeared here in August 2012. StillbornBy Rhonda C Poynter Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light –Theodore Roethke Beneath a cradle of flower pollen, You are a sailor or aFarmer, or aWelsh miner with the sunlight atYour head and […]

Gary Hanna’s most recent poem to appear here was Door Knob (August 2012). Another TimeBy Gary Hanna I’m older now and timehas passed but stillI remember long agowe schooled our hearts, nowI wear glasses and my eyesaren’t as blue anymore, sothere’s no danger but before we goI want to see you I’ll knock politely at the doorhoping that youare […]

Jeff Burt works in manufacturing in Santa Cruz County CA. His work has recently been published in Barnwood andVerse Wisconsin and he enjoys the aroma of a freshly sharpened number two pencil.  Whisks and SticksBy Jeff Burt My wife bakes,Scratch cakes,Puffs, cornbread,Without electric whirr,Just whisks and sticks,Spoons and spatulas,Beating, mixing, Folding, stirring.I can hear her shirt flapWhen she beats,The […]

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Sliver of the Light (September 2012). Night noisesBy Christopher Roe And the shadow swoopedand it shriekeda startled mouse tumbledand was carried offagainst the moon. And the stillness slowly filledwith night noise and movementforaging and mating resumedin the shadows castby moonbeams. And all were gratefulwithout guilt or shamewithout luck […]