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  • Roger Biehn: The Ice Storm

    Roger Biehn: The Ice Storm

    The Ice Storm

    by Roger Biehn

    Spring is slow to come; from the south bearing
    More winter moves the Colorado low
    Casting ice pellets, freezing rain below
    On the dreading neighborhoods, not caring Continue reading . . . “Roger Biehn: The Ice Storm”

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Triumph

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Triumph

    Triumph

    by Richard Stoltzfoos
    Black

    I lay a slender sword against his chest;
    Against his lips a liquid black I press.
    He never cowers, but—receives the draught. Continue reading . . . “Richard Stoltzfoos: Triumph”

    Anita Yoder: Temple Court

    Anita Yoder: Temple Court

    Temple Court

    by Anita Yoder

    A stream of lament
    Threads its line down
    The curtain of the year.
    An unraveling anthem Continue reading . . . “Anita Yoder: Temple Court”

    Sheri Yutzy: Plant a Garden Over Me

    Sheri Yutzy: Plant a Garden Over Me

    Plant a Garden Over Me

    by Sheri Yutzy

    When I die, plant a garden over me.
    Let moss curl round my edges
    carrot tops spurt like laughter
    let me be food for the earth. Continue reading . . . “Sheri Yutzy: Plant a Garden Over Me”

    Daniel Hess: An Empty

    Daniel Hess: An Empty

    An Empty

    by Daniel Hess

    An empty, leather glove reclining there
    holds well the shape, a hollow hand encased
    in-girds the grip, which, pulseless, on its pair Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: An Empty”

    Rebecca Weber: Lady of the Rain

    Rebecca Weber: Lady of the Rain

    Lady of the Rain

    By Rebecca Weber

    The lady of the rain walks the horizon
    Back-lit by evening’s glow
    Trailing fragrant dripping skirts
    Along the wide lawn of forest and field— Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Lady of the Rain”

    Hermann Miller: I Led My Love to This Cold-Echoed Tomb

    Hermann Miller: I Led My Love to This Cold-Echoed Tomb

    I Led My Love to This Cold-Echoed Tomb

    By Hermann Miller

    I led my love to this cold-echoed tomb
    And rolls of doom following soon upon
    Each door fast drawn behind rolled and were gone
    To mould the wall’s unbroken pool of gloom. Continue reading . . . “Hermann Miller: I Led My Love to This Cold-Echoed Tomb”

    Jeff Gundy: Cornstalks

    Jeff Gundy: Cornstalks

    Cornstalks

    by Jeff Gundy

    Every end is a beginning. When everything seems lost,
    Bald cypress finally plucked clean, empty bottle

    Tossed in the weeds, muddy water escaping
    Under the bridge, the deep hum and stir continue. Continue reading . . . “Jeff Gundy: Cornstalks”

    Phoebe Anthus: Song to the Beech

    Phoebe Anthus: Song to the Beech

    Song to the Beech

    by Phoebe Anthus

    You wove your branches,
    Netted in the frosty air,
    Over the weary weathered stones,
    Whose hard selves boast but weakness Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: Song to the Beech”

    Rebecca Weber: Ease of Entry

    Rebecca Weber: Ease of Entry

    Ease of Entry

    By Rebecca Weber

    I thought that death was dim and distant
    Some mountain difficult to climb
    Beyond this flower and thistle meadow
    Of full-orbed seasons, toil, and time. Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Ease of Entry”

    Daniel Lowry: The Ache

    Daniel Lowry: The Ache

    The Ache

    by Daniel Lowry

    I found healing in a quiet burn
    That played pellucid over stone,
    In a winded leaf that flicked and turned,
    Untroubled where its dance be blown, Continue reading . . . “Daniel Lowry: The Ache”

    Lynn Michael Martin: The Grave of Robin Hood

    Lynn Michael Martin: The Grave of Robin Hood

    The Grave of Robin Hood

    By Lynn Michael Martin

    Beyond the nunnery,
    deep buried in the wood,
    beneath the boughs of an oaken tree
    is the grave of Robin Hood. Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: The Grave of Robin Hood”

    Jeff Gundy: Elegy for a Solid Man

    Jeff Gundy: Elegy for a Solid Man

    Elegy for a Solid Man

    by Jeff Gundy

    Surely there are enough fallen leaves, slippery in the cold woods,
    Acorn caps and sticks among them, mud and stone below,
    A few still trembling Continue reading . . . “Jeff Gundy: Elegy for a Solid Man”

    Daniel Hess: At Least Four Examples

    Daniel Hess: At Least Four Examples

    At Least Four Examples

    by Daniel Hess

    a day after the rains
    an innocent mallard
    stood close to the full ditch Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: At Least Four Examples”

    Obi Martin: Stead

    Obi Martin: Stead

    Stead

    by Obi Martin

    The seed of my life is aching,
    yearning to fall from its height;
    and find rest, find soil. Continue reading . . . “Obi Martin: Stead”

    Kenneth Godoy: Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is

    Kenneth Godoy: Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is

    Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is

    By Kenneth Godoy

    Where two things intersect, a cross is,
    like the cross between silence and light,
    the cross of noise into words into any meaning.
    I am a cross of skin and awareness. Continue reading . . . “Kenneth Godoy: Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is”

    Claudia Lehman: On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem

    Claudia Lehman: On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem

    On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem

    by Claudia Lehman

    There’s nothing left to say that’s not been said
    a hundred times before by better tongues
    or fingers than my own, and maybe yours. Continue reading . . . “Claudia Lehman: On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem”

    Daniel Hess: Visitation

    Daniel Hess: Visitation

    Visitation

    by Daniel Hess

    The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing… to find the place where all beauty came from. – C.S. Lewis

    Beauty exceeds knowledge. How, for instance, she could be so
    unmistakably herself, here and now, with pleasant rightness, though Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Visitation”

    Phoebe Anthus: My Cheeky Mole

    Phoebe Anthus: My Cheeky Mole

    My Cheeky Mole

    by Phoebe Anthus

    Written after the incessant playback of Cotton-Eye Joe:
    Jan M. Eriksson & Orjan Kjell Anders Oberg & Patrick Edenberg

    I’ve named you Cotton-Eyed Joe,
    You velvet headed woe! Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: My Cheeky Mole”

    Jeremy Troyer: The One Who Weeps in the Night

    Jeremy Troyer: The One Who Weeps in the Night

    The One Who Weeps in the Night

    by Jeremy Troyer

    The one who weeps in the night
    Weeps either for himself or someone else. Continue reading . . . “Jeremy Troyer: The One Who Weeps in the Night”

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