Congratulations to these 12 talented poets!
nature
without
politics
backyard garden
~Jerome Berglund
Vox
Populi
once a whisper
now
a scream
~dan smith
drizzle, rain, drizzle…
chill in my bones –
uncertain
diagnosis
~Maya Daneva
ten
milligrams away from melancholy this new life
~Ruth Holzer
Rock
Creek
swimming with grandkids
and ecoli
~Kimberly
Kuchar
telling
the cactus you’ll have water in about two weeks
~Sharon Ferrante
tail raised on mudstone
a dragonfly's
prehistoric
longing
~Patrick Sweeney
coral caves
the weave of a tail
mermaiding
~Joanna Ashwell
what’s the trick
for staying grounded here?
well,
gravity
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
moving
day—
the rice cooker
leaves
for college
~Julie Bloss Kelsey
fallen
branches scars of a previous lifetime
~Patricia Hawkhead
doubt
maybe a hesitation
in
the knees
~M. R. Pelletier
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