Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was The Mill (July 2013).SeedsBy Harris Tobias Seeds planted The little hummocks of earth hold the dreamsAn endless song the land and life within me surges plant a seed and see what emergesWhat happened to my face? I do not recognize the one I shave a page has turned in a book […]
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Savior perspectives
Charlotte Rauner’s most recent poem to appear here was Blue and crisp (June 2013). This poem was part of a collection that won honorable mention in the Scholastic Poetry Contest. Savior perspectivesBy Charlotte Rauner Her savior shook. She needed. We were lost. Her savior stumbled. She wanted. We were helpless. His fear was contagious Her eagerness was […]
Woodpecker
Jackie Uhlemann’s poem Convergence appeared here in November 2012.WoodpeckerBy Jackie Uhlemann The woodpecker penetrates the palm treeand drills a small hole that will take days to fillwith the abundance of summer crops;the symbiosis of bird and tree assumesthe future will bring it’s skilled tonguedeep inside the deposit of future pleasure.As the smell of rosemary and mint whispersacross […]
Dissected shadows
Dawnell Harrison’s most recent poem to appear here was Cowboys and angels (July 2013).Dissected shadowsBy Dawnell Harrison Dissected shadows lingerOn the rock wall near The sea’s edge.The seagulls hover like Grey kites.Sparrows dissolve like Rain under a dust of wings.It feels like tomorrow willNever arrive.
The Greatest Hit
Clinton Inman’s most recent poem to appear here was Fire Flies (April 2012).The Greatest HitBy Clinton Van Inman Mixed with tobacco juiceAnd red summer clayIt came from the edgeOf the cornfieldThe clout that souredPast the unplowed fieldSmashed into the red barnScattering the cawing crows.
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