summer's last call by Kyla Houbolt
rain/ falls/ gently raw/ each single drop's/ singular message plummets/ from on high
Hinges by Keith Allison
They wanted me / to stay inside their box, // to color / inside their lines // They wanted me / to stay inside
raven tracks by Mark A. Fisher
it is a sandy path/ where unkindnesses gather/ to argue and discuss/ qualitiesof wind and sun and sky
Puget Sound by Barbara Spring
Tender the late day / Water rippling in slowly / Freighters drift by / The beacon on a spit of sand
Losing Grace by Palash Mahmud
Now I know-/ it’s not a dream.// A new art of supremacy/ breaking mutual ground.// Now I know-
Prelude in C by Lisa Molina
As a boy, his fingers flew,/ fluttering over the white and/ black keys through the doors/ of the
Weeping Willows by Pardee Lowe, Jr.
Overcome by light/ there’s no distance/ I can place myself/ and resist it./ All is there -- leaves
The Cardinal by Andrew Ray Williams
I was too late./ And at this point, I am unsure/ if this feathered foe is toying or avoiding.// After being called
Silent Wings by R.M. Scott
large wings flap/ alongside/ unheard beneath the breeze// gliding to a destination/ not yet seen// the great
Fourward by Ethan Roland
You’ve been trying at this for so long/ Every day, week, hour you struggle for it/ Four years, unceasing
An evening of rain by Padmaja Battani
You saw me walking/ In the rain holding/ My broken umbrella/ Folded and inoperable/ Rainwaters ruthlessly
Dashing in Blue by Rebecca Surmont
Hello I say so far under my breath/ that it is to myself.// I greet a chair that should be rocking/ facing the
Dance of Trees by Sterling Warner
Stately, solemn cedars, elms & oaks/ stand composed in days without wind/ or rain yet begin to dance
Sea Lion by Thomas Hutchinson
I can tile the ocean floor/ while you whisper into my snorkel,/ something about the waves, breaking
Mulberry tree by Carrie Magness Radna
I thought these were blackberries/ for years—my neighbor’s tree/ grew many berries; staining
The Upturned Sea by David Dumouriez
When I was seventeen -/ For sure more wet than dry -/ I flattened out some grass/ And angled in the sky.
Heartbeat by Yana Kane
Wave song,/ whale song/ starting low,/ rising slow,/ growing strong. // Come along!// Let it call you
In Late Winter by Fredric Hildebrand
Bone-white ground crusty/ underfoot. In the clearing,/ snowbanks warmed to dripping/ by the sun.
Within Melodies of Reluctance by Aritrika Chowdhury
The sun broke the rules of winter,/ Creeped inside gallantly with a promise of elopement./ The Beatles
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