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peak
Page 1 prayer flags in the mountains a wish in the wind Jens-Chr. Kjaer dead dog. . .
moving on the slope with every passing car from out the room,
the incense smoke follows him leaving a tiny bee
on the paper boat sinks in a roadside puddle A.Thiagarajan
nothing left
but the autumn wind old cottonwood Ann K. Schwader light
breeze
sunrisethe squirrel clutches a slender branch twilight on the lake
a dog's distant barking part of the quiet the baby smiles around the nipple Bill Kenney
a rose closes
in the garden this spring dad's face Charishma Ramchandani dry puddle: a bicycle track through a worm some of the ball field still stuck to his cleats Chad Lee Robinson
a red frilled ribbon
passes the train window autumn riverside evening
the ambulance siren lingers in town Keiko Izawa
autumn poplar
gold leaves on gravestones hiding the names Margarita Engle earthquake news -- grandson's head resting on my shoulder sunset ... clouds
just about to fall from the roof edge full moon -- discussing our views over the phone parched flowerbed
a bluejay voice rasping through the thistle Indian summer
rush of busy traffic through the rainbow small town museum – through the peeling plaster saints' faces Origa
in the clouded ring my rooster blinks now - bathing in red blood Flueraºu Petre brave soldier a forced smile nervous coughing
passing around the photo album Sari Grandstaff a burned house on the flood plain a chickadee hops she reads a book,
bumblebee resting on her sleeve low tide,
ducks and yachts coast into the marina M. Kei "but I don’t want to be an adult" she says— a few leaves still green Cathy Drinkwater Better robin song
he cleans a muddy boot with his spit lost keys
the lark's call rises and falls Carla Sari hidden river
the willows cannot help but tell dangling my feet
in this river once again a turn of the wheel we are so dry come weep for us postmarks I cannot read
condolences arrive still now scattered leaves Denis M. Garrison two petals left on the daisy... her furrowed brow new pink sneakers --
grandma's porch step still creaks autumn haze a farmer dusts off the "for sale" sign tracing stars
through campfire smoke -- new wedding ring toy windmill --
grandpa's garlic breath oil gauge low
a swallow dips into the shadows fading rainbow a maple leaf swirls down the drain Laryalee Fraser scarecrow
something in its smile isn't smiling Gregory Hopkins Bukowski rumbles from the speakers midnight thunderstorm Dustin Neal hospital room -
the other patient promises to visit Allen McGill rejection letter –
another butterfly floats past each wave reflects a little less Copyright © 2006 by Dustin Neal. All rights are retained by the respective authors. |