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At five minutes and six seconds after 4 a.m. on the
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Most Recent Submissions
The Week of 7/05 - 7/11/09

Submissions Published on 7/09/09

Joyce Johnson - Page 4
“That Special Day”

Eugenia Pantecan - Page 3
Dragon on Horn”
“Best Part Surfaced Up”
“Emotions”

Ronnie Doe - Page 5
The Lonesome Dove”
“The Spring”
“I Wish I Knew”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
The Power of Innocence”
“He is Eternal”
“Full Moon”

Eric Paul McCarty - Page 5
“Constant”

Submissions Published on 7/08/09

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 17
“It’s Just July”
“Wandering Days”
“Other Paths”

Jan Oscar Hansen - Page 19
“Failed Coup”
“Summer Precipitation”
“End of the Line”

Will Patrick - Page 8
“you don’t belong here”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
“If I But Have the Courage to Live”
“What is the Cost of a Miracle?”
“Shiver”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“The Judas Kiss”
“Intoxicating Reading”
“Eathing Trash”

Jodi Knell
“Wind”

Ronnie Doe - Page 5
“Working in Your Dungarees”
“How to Make Sweet Love”
“First Prize”

Laura J. Dean - Page 4
“The Sting of Christine”

Rob Alex
“Confusions”

Submissions Published on 7/06/09

Stan Grimes
“You’re Gone”

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
“Yesterday”
“Travelers” (cascading quatrains)
“Kissed” (waltz wave)

Eric Paul McCarty - Page 5
“We Could”

Melissa R. Mendelson
“Rain”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“In Search of Lara”
“Out in the Country”
“I Hide Me”

Joe Breunig
“Visionless”

Michael Mack - Page 13
“End of the Ride”
“Treblinka”
“Hooked”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
“The Responsible Adult”
“Tragedy Brews”
“I Ride the Winds”

Ronnie Doe - Page 5
“Cutting”
“Why”
“Emily”

Submissions Published on 7/05/09

Jim Morton - Page 3
“Luck”
“Let’s Make Memories”

Laura J. Dean - Page 4
“We Will Go On”
“Winged Urchin”

Annabel Sheila - Page 3
“Letter to MJ”
“Pen And Prose”
“Chastised”

Theolinda - Page 6
“Cancer”

Will Patrick - Page 8
“Ring of Fire”

Dan Rosenhagen
“I Walk Through Walls”

Felix L. Perry - Page 13
“Love's Lost Time”
“Rainy Day Band Practice For One”
“The Last Turn of the Key”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 3
“Lake” (Diamonte)
“Fireworks” (Diatelle)

Shirley M. Shultz
“Fair Destiny”

Richard J. Huggins - Page 15
“Sometimes it is Quiet”
“Dance Among the Shadows“
“Blended Souls”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“By Poetry”
“Helping God”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 3
“The Silence is Mine”
“The Pox” (trochee)

Melba Christie
“Brown Place Revisited”

Jan Oscar Hansen - Page 19
“The Amazement”
“Stygian Rhapsody”
“June Picture”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
 “Fly, Like a Bird”
“Life's Complications”
 “The Sun Shines Through”

Joe Breuing
“Eternity”
“Danger of Zealous Fervor”

Submissions Published Previous Weeks

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
“His Gift” (tankabun)
“Journal” (Nocturne)
“The First”

Will Patrick - Page 8
“The Simple Path”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Breathing Higher Air”
“Brotherly Love in Action”
“Quality Time”

Rob Alex
“Love Affair”

Jan Oscar Hansen - Page 19
“The Obama Speech”
“Real Art”
“A Democratically Elected Dictator”

Aleta O’Brien - Page 4
“Sorting through”

MAFLongfellow
“A Tribute to Michael Jackson”

Deborah L. Kelly - Page 6
“Keep Your Candle Lit”
“Tribute To Michael Jackson: A Mortal Legacy”

Judith Mammay
“Tides of Change”
 “Forgiveness”
 “Through Your Words”

Joyce Johnson - Page 4
“Resurrection”
“Tending My Garden”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
“God’s Forgiveness”
“The Sky of Blue”
“What is Life?”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“To End War” - a sonnet
“The Last of the Red-Hot Lovers”

Jan Oscar Hansen - Page 19
“Make-believe”
“The Transformation”
“Halcyon Days”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 17
“The Desert Sky”
“Pink Twilight”
“Summer Symphony”

Dan Rosenhagen
“Deep in the Forest”
“The totality of what I think”
“Forgotten Ports”

Rose Marie Rideout - Page 2
“A Sailor’s Heart”

Richard J. Huggins - Page 15
The Garden of Your Heart”
“Whispers”
“The Parchment of My Soul”

Felix L. “Fee” Perry - Page 13
“Night Vision”
“The Flower”
“Wringer Washer Wednesday”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
Mountains and Valleys”
“Will it be?”
“Gray Skies Today”

Dale Clark - Page 7
“Falling”
“pen of a poetess”
“living on the fringe”

Melissa R. Mendelson
“Dawn’s Rising”

Ed Ratledge - Page 5
“A Poet's Path”

Martie Odell-Ingebretsen
 “Picture This For My Father”
“Slowly, the Slipping of Summer”
“Vernal Stream”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“itinerary”

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
Gathering” (Nocturne)
“Collected”
“Daring”

Cindy Tuttle
“Sleeping in the Tenderness of God”

Charlotte Ann Zuzak - Page 2
“Small Town Americana”

Madeline Armstrong - Page 2
“Love Gone Sour”

Lew Duffey - Page 5
“Spiritual Food”
 “There You Were”
 “The Emptiness of Wealth”

Rose Marie Rideout - Page 2
“A Part of Heaven”
“A Miracle”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“The Modern Vocabulary”
“The Story of Aging”
“Hope For the Future”

MAFLongfellow
 “Independence Day”

Shirley M. Shultz
“A Train of Sad Despair”
“Night-time Friend”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“Three Wishes”
“The Adventure of Living”
“I Was There!”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“solicitation”

Georg Edvard Mateos - Page 3
“God, slaves & brothers”

Theo Constantinides - Page 2
“Weeping Willow”

Debra Faulconer-Baker - Page 3
“Only Delusional”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Silent Earthquakes”
“Time”
“The Accomplishment”

Eugenia Pantecan - Page 3
“One Favor”
“Alas!”
“What if…”

Ed Ratledge - Page 5
“Losing Doug”
“Moist”

Kimmy Van Kooten - Page 4
“O’ Niagra”

Will Patrick - Page 8
“It’s About Time”
“These Are the Words”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
“Where Are the Raisins?”
“In Our Garden”
“I Dreamed of Eagles“

Dawn Wilson
“Notions of Drowning”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“Uneasy”
“Missed Opportunities”
“Agape”

Rose Marie Rideout - Page 2
“Our Home Of Newfoundland“
“Memories In Dust and Mildew”
“No Loose Threads”

Ronnie Doe - Page 5
“My Love Song To You”
“Hot Chocolate (On A Blustery Winter's Night)”
“I'll Fight For The Woman I Love”

Felix L. “Fee” Perry - Page 13
“Darkest of Thoughts, Darkest of Hours”
“Though and Still”
“A Child’s Strength”

Edward Jolin
“Remember Me”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 19
“Mr. Nice Guy”
“Eternal Screen”

Scarlet - Page 7
“Hooter’n Hale”

Rose Marie Rideout - Page 2
“Buttons and Bows”

Richard J. Huggins - Page 15
“Desperation”

Karen Vanderlaan - Page 8
“Joy Remembered”
“Father’s Day Without Dad”

Ronnie Doe - Page 4
“Everything from A to Z”
“Drowning in Your Eyes”
“Bethany’s Child”

Theo Constantinides - Page 2
“The Revolving Door”

Rick Waller
“Our Walk Together”
“Love and Memories”
“From Outside of Love”

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
“Serenity”
“Sightless Ink” (unchained Rubaiyat)
“Impatience” (Nocturne)

Theo Constantinides - Page 2
“The Return”
“So Dear”
“Eclipse”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“Bethleham Steel is Bankrupt”

Richard J. Huggins - Page 15
“Summer's Tears”
“Chemistry”
“Your Warmth”

Jodi Knell
“WW”

Georg Edvard Mateos - Page 3
 “Their Sea of Tears”
“Loving You”
“Heart”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Someday”
“When Love Has Won”
“God’s Planet Earth Family”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“Creatures of Greek Mythology - The Sphinx”

Felix L. “Fee” Perry - Page 13
 “Just Another Sad Story”
“My Penny Memories”
“Trail Rides Across Time”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
“The Wild Unknown”
“The Golden Path”
“Cocoon of Dreams”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“unfair”

Rose Marie Rideout - Page 2
“Make Me Feel Like a Woman in Love” (lyrics)

Melissa R. Mendelson
“Drifting”
“A Walk With You” (Father’s Day poem)

Stan Grimes
“Time Inevitable”

Theo Constantinides
“Agoraphobia”

Sue Graves - Page 2
“From A Distance”
“A Different Path”
“A Lonely Road To Travel”

Ronnie Doe - Page 4
“Thunderstorm”
“The Love Bird Clock”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“He Did Not Promise a Rose Garden”
“Water Running Uphill”
 “United We Stand”

Bonnie May - Page 2
“When...”

Stan Grimes
“Blank Page Blues”

Ed Ratledge - Page 5
“Reunion”
 
“Pause”
 
“A Chance Finding of Shells”

Gene Dixon
“The Cat”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“People Watching”
“Joys of the Open Road”
“Plumbing Tips”

Debra Faulconer-Baker - Page 3
“The Restless Spirit”

Jeanne Jordan - Page 3
“Revisiting You”

Theo Constantinides
 “4th of July”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 3
“An Irish Story...”

Theo Constantinides
“Listen to the Piper in the Wind”

Ted L Glines
 “4th of July”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 19
“Camera Angle”
“Failed Musician?”
“Poet Laureate”
haiku (3)

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
Remembering” (Haibun)
“Indifference” (tumbling tercets)
“Momma Said”

Felix L. “Fee” Perry - Page 13
 “The Old Vet”
“Four Wheel Romance”
“I Memorized You”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“Rain and Sunshine”
“Thunder and Lightning”
“A Tender Feeling”

Richard J Huggins - Page 15
“Ocean and Shore”
“This Storm”
“White Sand”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“The Kingdom of Lox”

Santosh Kumar
“The Wood of Suicides”

Melba Christie
“The Poet and the Muse”
 “Emily”
 “There are no little memories with you”

Johnny Diaz - Page 2
“In the “Clink” of Disaster” (Dodoitsu)
“In The Crossbars” (Dodoitsu)
“Searchin’” (Dodoitsu)

Stan Grimes
“Catch Up”

Joyce Johnson
 “The Old Soldier”

Ronnie Doe - Page 4
 “The Battle of Bunker Hill”
“Gentle is Your Love”
“The Wedding”
“The Happiest Day of My Life”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“World of Doubt”
“Where Was I?”
“Land of Fantasy”

Dawn Wilson
“Momentarily Suspended”

Ed Ratledge - Page 4
 “Watching Rain”
“red barking dog”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“A Prayer and a Cup of Coffee”
“A Dismal Feeling”
“Fly, Fly Away”

Rose Marie Rideout - Page 2
“I’ve Become Your Shadow”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“creative pleasure”

Eric Paul McCarty - Page 5
“We Know”

Aleta O’Brien - Page 4
“4 am”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 3
“This, The Wisteria”
“The Pain Comes to Stay”

Theo Constantinides
“Penance For Carlita”
“The Shout”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Glitter or Honor”

Felix L. “Fee” Perry - Page 13
“Bedtime Stories”
“Acidic Love’s Refrain”
“A Poetic Milestone”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 19
“Peaceful Beginnings”
“The Nap”
senryu (2)

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“Beneath the Weeping Willow Tree”
“Sublime Moment”
“Love is Contagious”

Shirley M Shultz
“A True Psychopath”

Timea Szûcs - Page 3
“Play”
“Instant”
“Paralleism I”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
 “Wedding on the Fourth!”
“No Need to Say Goodbye”
“Thoughts From a Farmer's Wife”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“setting”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 19
“Cylindrical Mirrors”
“The Peacemaker “
senryu (2)

Wendy Baral Cooper
“Fatherhood”

Titia Geertman
 “Moon of June”
Special Page - Poetry Graphics
~Remembering Marge Tindal~

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“An Invisible Picture”
“Topsy-Turvy”
“A Warm Summer Night”

Johnny Diaz - Page 2
“Walls of Our Past”
“The Blame Game” (senryu)
“Unspoken Pledge” (senryu)

Stan Grimes
“Every Time”

Irene “Nikki” Koufala - Page 2
“Tomorrow”

Bill Cottringer - Page 3
“ADHD Mind Oh Boy!” (revised)
“Does Anyone Care?”
“Survive or Thrive?”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Writer’s Path”
“Some Places, Sometimes”
“Sermons”

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
“Leaves” (Nocturne)
“Spirits”
“Interpretations” (tumbling tercets)

Lew Duffey - Page 4
 “Celebrate Our Homelands Birth”
“Falling in Love”
“Consider the Beauty”

Karen Vanderlaan - Page 8
“Carefree”

Richard J Huggins - Page 15
“Passing of Souls”
“Hunger”
“Grieving Heart”

Theo Constantinides
“Los Angeles”
“Fender and Me”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“Another Drink Victoria?”
“Dream Lover?”
“On Life’s Great Journey”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“Let’s Make a Deal...” (free verse)

Gene Dixon
“Geoffrey and Margot, After the Breakup”

Sasha - Page 2
“Driving My Car”
“Left Behind”
“My Husband”

D.S. Mullis - Page 2
 * “Aborted!” *
“Together!”
“I Love You!!”

Cathy Brady - Page 4
“Life in a Puppy Mill”

Will Patrick - Page 7
“Shipwrecked”

Lew Duffey - Page 4
“Unfinished Business”
“Jesus Christ” (acrostic)
“Give Me Wisdom First”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 3
 “Caring for a U.S. Veteran”
“Late Autumn’s Morn”
“Accepting Death”

Barbara Lynn Terry
“Women Know”
“Listen to the Children”
“Never Again to be Alone”

Theo Constantinides
“You Hold My Heart”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
“Summer Birds”
“River Song”
“Secrets!”

Aleta O’Brien - Page 4
“Memories Snippet IV”
 “4th of July”
“Moon Goddess”

Karen Vanderlaan - Page 8
“Philly's City Hall”
“To Figure Out Me”

Will Patrick - Page 7
“Waiting for Rain”
“Valley Forge”
“In the Center of a Circle”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Everything I Ever Needed”
“The Dream”
“Prayer Evolves”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
Senryu (3)
“Man and Tree”
“Eurovision Song Contest”

Ed Ratledge - Page 4
“Lines Written in the Arbor of a City Park”
“Nightfall”
“rays”

Will Patrick - Page 7
“Full Moon Waning”
“To This”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“unoccupied table”

Ted Glines - Page 12
“By Myself”

Annabel Sheila - Page 3
“Full Circle”
“A Good Life”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Room at the Top”

Theolinda - Page 6
“One of Those Days!”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 2
“Just a Few Haiku”
“Up in the Early Morn”
“Lady by the Seaside”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Is it a Sin for Me?”
“Have you Performed a Miracle?”
The Song of Life”

Theo Constantinides
“The Fallen”

Stan Grimes
“Lost Friend”

Richard J Huggins - Page 15
“Lady of My Heart”
“Passion Lost”
“Last Kiss Goodnight”

Cindy Tuttle
“The Light of Love”

MAFLongfellow
“Glory Flag”

Christopher Thomas - Page 4
“Trapped”
“A Shell”

Cathy Brady - Page 4
“The Crash”

Theo Constantinides
“Dearest Heart”
“Flower Power”
“Changes”

Joyce Johnson - Page 4
Did I Tell Him” - Father’s Day poem
“Happy Father’s Day” - Father’s Day poem
“Well Used Hands” - Father’s Day poem

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“The Burden of the Cross”
“Isn’t Hate Awful?”
“She Smiled”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“growing in your scope”

Aleta O’Brien - Page 4
“Yellow Roses”

Bill Cottringer - Page 3
“Point of Entry”

Gene Dixon
“Elevation”

Jim Morton - Page 3
“Time Stands Still”
“To and Fro”
“Summer Love”

Shirley M Shultz
“Shepherding Love”

Liz Cosline
“No Matter”

Georg Edvard Mateos - Page 3
 “The Hummingbird & the Snake”
“The Flower & The Sewer”
 “Of Cynicism & Honesty”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
I Won't Think of You”
“A Cat”
“God's Quilt”

Theo Constantinides
“Searching Souls”
“The Game”
“Greek Thoughts”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Be Dressed and Ready”

Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9
“Peanut Butter Fudge Pie”

Felix L. Perry - Page 13
“Summer Nights and Sweet Delights”
“Melodic Magic”
“The Enterpize Range”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“Idle Ramblings
“Diner Days”
“Beyond the Door” (sonnet)

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
“Sit By the River”
“From Teheran With Love”
senryu (3)

Jim Morton - Page 2
“Choices”
“Goodnight Poet”
“Somewhere in a Dream”

Theo Constantinides
“English Garden”
“The Cline”
“Deja Vu”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“watering holes”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Platitudes”
“The Sun Shines Through”
“Do You Fear Them?”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 2
“The Intake”

Scarlet - ‘The Mo Tee Suh’ series
“Mo Tee Suh Gets No Answers”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
“My Argentinean Sojourn”
“Blowing in the Wind”
“Guardian Angel?”

Gene Dixon
“Courting Maureen”

Richard J Huggins - Page 15
“My Eyes”
“Musing”
“Wither This Heart”

Sue Graves - Page 2
“My Heart Goes Out To You”
“One By One”

Melissa R. Mendelson
“Waves of You”

Marcia Miller-Twiford - Page 7
“And We Believed”

Jodi Knell
“Is It Real?”
“Artistic Subterfuge”
“Comfort”

Will Patrick - Page 7
“Draw Me a Dream”

Theo Constantinides
“As You Go”
“Should Have”
“I Wipe the Soul”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Experiencing Life”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“Epidemic to Pandemic”
“The Rustic Stile at Lanes End”

Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9
“It’s Just That ...”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“It is June”
“Laugh and Lower Your Blood Pressure”

Madeleine Armstrong - Page 2
“I've Eearned My Freedom”
“My Summer Love”
“Tears Of A Clown”

Georg Edvard Mateos - Page 3
“The cup for tears”
“Eli is not a child anymore”
“The Last Tear of Love”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Red Roses for My Love”

Cindy Tuttle
“A Place Where We Find Peace and Compassion”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“All Encompassing”
“Prisoner of Love”
“All of My Life”

Theo Constantinides
“Aphrodite”
“Deepest Dreams”
“Ever Green”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Becoming An Author”
“Endings”

Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 7
“along the headland”

Felix L. Perry - Page 12
“The Ghost of Three AM” (song)
“Wringer Washer Wednesday”
* ”The Beast Awakes” *

Jeanne Jordan - Page 3
“The First Day”
“The Second Day”
“The Third Day”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
“The Face”
“The Winds Arise”
“Erne”

Karen Vanderlaan - Page 8
“Looking Out Windows”
“Euphoria”

Theo Constantinides
“You I Found”
“From Dark to Blue”
“Not Mad at You”

Cindy Tuttle
“Light of Christ!”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
“The Envy”
“What Angels Know”
“August Mystic”

Ed Ratledge - Page 4
“Stalemate”

Edward Jolin
“Complexities of the Heart”

Theo Constantinides
“Crystal Grace”
“Portrait in Time”
“That Boy”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 2
“Ping-Pong”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“The Garden”

Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 7
“into the unknown” (tanka train)

Bill Cottringer - Page 3
“The Treasure Hunt”

Karen Vanderlaan - Page 8
“Modern Day Huck-Finn”
“Satisfaction”

Stan Grimes
“Wilted”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Human Failings”

Richard J Huggins - Page 14
“Summer's Morn”
“A Heart Missing”
“Wounds of the Soul”

Theo Constantinides
“Gracious Evening”
“Your Love Has No Bounds”
“If I”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Celebrating the Birth of Christ“
“Pounding Sand”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“The Enemy” (villanelle)
“Dear Mister Editor”
“In Memoriam”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 2
“Apathy”

Rob Alex
“Till My Last Teardrop Fall”

Felix L. Perry - Page 12
“A New Morn”
“Hoskins’s General Store”
“A Poet's Time to Write”

Onyenezia Chika Victor - Page 2
“The Color in Us”
 “Word Collector”
“My Homeland”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
“The Summer Sea”
“The Blossoming”
“Somewhere On the Mountain”

Annabel Sheila - Page 3
“God’s Masterpiece – Newfoundland”
“Cupid’s Arrows”
“Spring Rain”

Georg E Mateos - Page 3
“Mythical Life of a Wandering Poet”
“The Acronym of Me “
“Medicine Man Dream”

Jeanne Jordan - Page 2
“The Special Day That Colored My Gray”

Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 7
“swallowed in a deafening silence”

Linda Law
“Empty”
“HOT ….Ooh so HOT....”

Ed Ratledge - Page 4
You Can Always Find a Pencil”

Richard J Huggins - Page 14
“Once Upon A Time”
“Yesterday's Moments”
“The Tale of the Doubting Soul”

Gene Dixon
“Slate Mountain - A Rite of Passage”

Onyenezi Chika Victor
“A Visit to Rwanda”
“Nigeria”
“A Passage Through Death Land”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“Rainy Sunday”
* “Timing is Everything” *

Michael Peragine
“Music of the Spheres”
 “Numerology Ancient Mystic Mathematics”
“Path of Love“

Irene “Nikki” Koufala - Page 2
“Alone”

Kathryn McL. Collins - Page 9
“To Be a Tree”

Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 7
“an angels communiqué to washingtonian gods”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
“The Drum Beat of War”
“Observed When Buying Onions”
“Old Lovers”

Delma Luben - Page 7
“Separation”
“Short-Circuiting”
“Be Comforted”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“My Dream”

Felix L. Perry - Page 12
“A Farm’s Serenity”
“A Slice of the New Suburbia”
“The Last Breath of Midnight”

Jim Morton - Page 2
“For Awhile”
“There Are No Words”

Barbara Lynn Terry
* “I Am a Survivor” *
“The River That Flows”

Ed Ratledge - Page 4
 “one long”
“Shadow”
“Stars In The Grass”

Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 7
“lamentation”

Linda Law
“Can You Sit and Talk With Me?”
“Crying”

Melissa R. Mendelson
“Desert Angels”

Georg E. Mateos - Page 2
“Remembering Walt’s Mischievous Eyes”
“Love has a stone face”
“Love, a four-letter word”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
Moonlight On the Water”
“Fire Fancies”
“Say Goodbye”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“What Means Translucent?”
“The Lord is my Shepherd!”
“Gentle vocabulary versus angry words”

Joyce Johnson - Page 4
“Red Poppies”
“Memorial Day”

Scarlet - ‘The Mo Tee Suh’ series
“Mo Tee Suh and the ‘57 Chevy”

Theolinda - Page 6
“Still Stuck in the Fifties!”

Toni D. Helfrick - Page 2
“On Gathering Wildflowers”

Irene “Nikki” Koufala - Page 2
“Dear Teacher:”

Bill Cottringer - Page 3
“Being Enlightened”
“The Purpose of Religion”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
“Winter of Discontent”
“Road Works”
“The Odium”

Rob Alex
“A Friend”

Jude ForÉse - Page 5
“window washer’s dream”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
“The Chair Person”

Jim Morton - Page 2
“Burgundy”
“Bridges”
“Ever, Ever Golden”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“A Wish”

Annabel Sheila - Page 3
“Would You?”
“Majestic Willow”
“The Evolving of Women”

Rob Alex
“A Lonely Heart”

Betty Lou Hebert - Page 16
“The Mountain King”
“Milky River”
“Music of the Spheres”

Felix L. Perry - Page 12
“Psst...”
“Misty Meadows”
“A Poet Grieves”

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
“Paper Breeze” (tankabun)

Will Patrick - Page 7
“That Poem You Wanted”
“Endless Circles”
“Fusion”

Richard J. Huggins - Page 14
“The Rocker”
“The Heart's Well”
“Love Letters”

Sue Graves - Page 2
“For a Little While“
“I'll Always Love You”
“Just For You”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“All These to Adore”

Paul Curtis - Page 15
“Snapshot”
“Feverish”
“Tainted Love”

Dale Clark - Page 7
“Promise of Harvest”
“West Texas Blues”
“Mt. Capulin”

Jan Oskar Hansen - Page 18
Angst on the High Seas
A Painter and the Pandemic
* The Ancient Profession *

Christopher Thomas - Page 4
“Are You”
“Roots”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“Speak With Compassion Always!”
“The Adventure”

Karen Vanderlaan - Page 8
“One of My Kids”
“Daddy”
“Euphoria”

Stan Grimes
“Goodbye Nietzsche”

Michael Mack - Page 12
“Making Love to You”
“The Robot”
“The Dummy”

Paul Curtis - Page 14
“Different Strokes”
“Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder”
“Handbags and Gladrags”

Onyenezi Chika Victor
“Violet Stomach”
“Tell Her”

Annabel Sheila - Page 3
“Heteronyms”
“A Simple Man”
“Roll of the Dice”

Lew Duffey - Page 3
“I Am Not Ashamed”
“I Am Lew’s Spirit”

Stan Grimes
“The Empty Can”

Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 13
“Just Who I Am”

Delma Luben - Page 6
“When .... ?”
“The Whole Woman”

Bill Cottringer - Page 3
“Beliefs”
“Being Free”

Paul Curtis - Page 14
“Design for Life”
“I Had Forgotten Her”
“Picking From the Menu”

Jan Oscar Hansen - Page 18
“The Scream”
“Bird Watching”
“The Suitor”

Sue Graves - Page 2
“A Longing”
“Broken Promises”
“Feelings”

Jim Morton - Page 2
“April Moon”

Onyenezi Chika Victor
“Feasting on My Table”
“For Tomorrow I Sail“
“My Waist So Small”

Barbara Lynn Terry
“Tribute To Patsy Montana”
** “Eyes Of Love” **
Heaven's Light”

Richard J. Huggins - Page 14
“When Shadows Call”

Theolinda - Page 6
“Our MA-NA-TA-KA” (tanka - 2)
“The Sound of a Smile”
“So Young to Say Goodbye”

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