Dedicated to the memory of vincent tripi
winter long short a long line of geese
once loved a birch
and now its sapling
a new year
the question
and the answer gone
waterfall sound
moving day
the clear sky
reflected in her mirror
finally the cloud that fell behind disappears
Selected by Jeannie Martin from vincent’s unpublished collection. With thanks and appreciation to Jeannie and to vincent’s sister Diane (Garzilli) Herrlett.
Featured Poet – Marcus Larsson
Auschwitz
everyone stays close
to the tour guide
army leave
how much younger he looks
when sleeping
her children
far ahead of mine
winter shore
summer wind
an uncle moves his chair
to the children’s table
those I liked
I like even more
class reunion
The haiku of Marcus Larsson have been widely published and anthologized. He has had three collections published by Red Moon Press: Dad’s Accordion (2018), A Piece of the Berlin Wall (2018), and Northern Lights (2020).
under the sway
of the storyteller’s breath…
candle flame
– Chad Lee Robinson
her waning eyesight
playing peekaboo
with great granddaughter’s doll
– Tea Lady
petroglyphs –
falcons in and out of
the cliff’s nest holes
– Richard Tice
new-fallen snow
the traces of things
unseen
– Debbie Strange
Stonehenge
the silence of stones
spreads past us
– Gary Hotham
knowing
before you say it
full moon
– Aaron Barry
meteor shower
the scar
part of my fingerprint
– Cherie Hunter Day
outlined
in a lightning flash
her orgasm
– Topher Dykes
waning moon
just enough light
to rim a cloud
– Bryan Rickert
party crush
the flutter of wings
past midnight
– Alan Summers
maple leaf
the burning end
of his cigar
– Jamie Wimberly
autumn sun
brushing soil from
a delicata squash
– Brad Bennett
each street light
passes my shadow
to the next
– Ed Kosiewicz
the tread worn off
my gardening shoes
Indian summer
– Cherie Hunter Day
deadwood pine moaning across the riffle a rusted fender
– Vicki Miko
into gray hours
she asks me
who I really am
– John Hawkhead
Matsushima
words put in my head
by others
– Jim Kacian
after the divorce
changing keys
to minor
– Rich Schilling
riptide –
finally telling her
the truth
– Jamie Wimberly
bearberries
feeding
my darker thoughts
– Kristen Lindquist
crystal shop
the hippies debating
iphone vs. android
– Nathanael Tico
Zoom meeting
a bird flies into
the window
– Stella Pierides
measuring
my inseam
wood tick
– Jeff Hoagland
purple freckles
kids finger paint
each other
– Jo Balistreri
laughter
from the neighbor’s porch
dandelion fluff
– Jennifer Hambrick
floating out of our lake
end of summer
clouds
– Gary Hotham
kite weather
I let go
of a grudge
– Brad Bennett
prairie garden
the swish of grass
stroking grass
– Chad Lee Robinson
morning meditation
the mindfulness
of dozing off
– Joanna Ashwell
trilobites
released from butter shale
spring river
– Cherie Hunter Day
melting icicles
a two am phone call
from my ex
– Edward Cody Huddleston
sipping cheap wine
we compare top shelf mescal
autumn drizzle
– John S Green
gardenia bushes
anticipating
the moon
– Jo Balistreri
summer solstice
all night the day lily
stays open
– Jeannie Martin
day’s end
spoiled snow
under our shadows
– Gary Hotham
moving day –
ivy clinging to
our old home
– Jamie Wimberly
meditation over
in everyone’s shoes
plum blossoms
– Bryan Rickert
looking everywhere but the camera wildflowers
– Edward Cody Huddleston
green lights
the length of Broadway
first day of spring
– Jim Kacian
just a flower
until I know
its proper name
– Cyril Ioutsen
mausoleum morning glories closed up tight
– Bryan Rickert
alone…
the cracked stone
on the garden path
– Jennifer Hambrick
quiet night
the crickets
don’t count
– Robert Epstein
sandhill crane
folding elegance
into her nest
– Pat Davis
a day lily
begins to fade
full moon waning
– Jeannie Martin
city fountain
the ragged man
steals a wish
– Vicki Miko
the eve of the storm
the forest rings
with silence
– David Watts
also lying prone
on the sidewalk
peonies
– Caroline Giles Banks
broken pavement
the cobblestones
of my childhood
– Pat Davis
end of the day
the bootlaces tucked
into their own home
– Alan Summers
rusted with age
white Higo camellias
winter rain
– Marcyn Del Clements
graveyard visit
avoiding cracks
in the pavement
– John Hawkhead
roadkill deer
a wake
of vultures
– Jeff Hoagland
samhain moon…
a storm of dead leaves
rising again
– Thomas Powell
frozen lake
the shifting village
of fishing shacks
– Kristen Lindquist
gathering rooks
an autumn-sown field
shapes the breeze
– Thomas Powell
fresh coat of snow
and my frozen toes
breathtaking
– Walter Coddington
tai chi practice
shadow and I
in unison
– Janice Doppler
skies other
than the one I know
migrating geese
– Chad Lee Robinson
