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  • 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”

    Sheri Yutzy: The End of November

    Sheri Yutzy: The End of November

    The End of November

    By Sheri Yutzy

    O beautiful desolation
    The ice of emptiness
    Trees bereft
    Creeks heavy with cold Continue reading . . . “Sheri Yutzy: The End of November”

    Conrad Stoltzfus: Behold

    Conrad Stoltzfus: Behold

    Behold

    by Conrad Stoltzfus

    The veil slides off and the marbled irises behold,
    The brilliance shafts into depths long dark,
    Pain, sharp and cleansing, severs the murky cold,
    The crackling blackness ignited by the spark— Continue reading . . . “Conrad Stoltzfus: Behold”

    Lynn Michael Martin: Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night

    Lynn Michael Martin: Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night

    Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    Blessed is he who cries out in the night,
    Who sees and is not satisfied with peace,
    Who will not sleep amid the world’s caprice,
    Who knows that darkness does not disprove light. Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night”

    Anita Yoder: Hearth

    Anita Yoder: Hearth

    Hearth

    by Anita Yoder

    What ember sparks,
    Alights your eyes?
    It harks to mine and
    Begs to hold
    My eyes and warm them. Continue reading . . . “Anita Yoder: Hearth”

    Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety

    Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety

    Ill Gaiety

    by Joella Wadel

    I take this walk.
    Affection cold, corroded steel—
    Company unnecessary—
    Solitude an uncanny, joyful occasion. Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety”

    Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm

    Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm

    After an Ice Storm

    by Jeremy Troyer

    Outside my window, branches fall
    from the ice of a long day.
    The winter rains did not nourish them,
    and now in the darkness, I hear them cracking Continue reading . . . “Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm”

    Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night

    Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night

    Friday Night

    by Phoebe Anthus

    Tired ankles creak from the weight of the week
    where we have toiled in an Eden gone mad with grief.

    And now we sit on the rim of the night,
    stretched bleak as the highway roads, Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night”

    Daniel Hess: Mack

    Daniel Hess: Mack

    Mack

    by Daniel Hess

    Look at the pad of your thumb
    magnify the size, round it some,
    harden the print, trace
    and duplicate in rough Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Mack”

    Marilyn Martin: Magic

    Marilyn Martin: Magic

    Magic

    by Marilyn Martin

    Etymology of Glamour:

    From Scots glamer, from earlier Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).

    Continue reading . . . “Marilyn Martin: Magic”

    Joella Wadel: September Baby

    Joella Wadel: September Baby

    September Baby

    by Joella Wadel

    Go, gilded flag of goldenrod—
    Announce the autumn guest
    Perform in haste my bright command
    Make genial request Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: September Baby”

    David Shafer: Autumn Leaf

    David Shafer: Autumn Leaf

    autumn leaf

    by David Shafer

    a whisper on a shallow breath
    drifting to a gentle death
    the leaf, it falls without a sound
    to join his fellows on the ground Continue reading . . . “David Shafer: Autumn Leaf”

    Daniel Hess: Enough

    Daniel Hess: Enough

    Enough

    By Daniel Hess

    Like Obi, I want the confrontation of words;
    the solid smack, the concrete slapping and fact
    inhabiting onslaught of meaning and sound.
    Like Mr. Bultititude, my good friend Jer, and maybe you, Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Enough”

    Kyle Lehman: We Wake to Sleep

    Kyle Lehman: We Wake to Sleep

    We Wake to Sleep

    by Kyle Lehman

    We wake to sleep, we breathe to cry.
    Our mothers dreamed and brought us forth to die;
    For every cradle opens up a grave,
    And every child is one we cannot save. Continue reading . . . “Kyle Lehman: We Wake to Sleep”

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