Near and far in lands of hinter, holidays abound in winter Chilly cold the winds a blowin’, trees are bare no leaves are showin’ Streams are frozen skies are cloudy, bars are full and loud and rowdy Farmers sell the crops they reap, if any’s left it’s theirs to keep Chopping wood in fall’s not […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Ferryboat Photograph”
The boy staring out the window, That boy was me. I wasn’t on the ferryboat then, But I was that boy. What’s out there? Is it my life? Will the water take me away? Will I come back if it does? Are secrets only answers? Questions asked only of me. Father had been there before. […]
Poetry Corner: Andrena Zawinski “Night Music, a Whalesong”
Against the sail masts’ offbeat taps onto each other, bay bells mixing in with tinny harbor chimes, distant buoys throwing their soft moans to the wind, all of them singing to the moon in a whale-like croon that bellows love songs from the sea bed floor, I am swept back to my first whale sighting, […]
Poetry Corner: Peter Bray “FossilWorks”
My body went down to the FossilWorks, where Advancing Age and Atrophy lurks. It began with my shoulders then went to my knees, climbing each staircase came with no ease. My balance was gone, my walk was erratic, Old Age was calling me like some ghost from the attic. I thought about Tai Chi and […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason: The Prayer We Pray
Last Thursday I was in Houston to welcome my newest grandson into the world. Those of you that follow me on Facebook already know that little Beckham’s lungs weren’t quite ready. He has been in the neonatal ICU at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston ever since. It was touch and go for a while but […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Thanksgiving”
Perhaps I should have said it just between The wine and grace, the wishing and the blessing. That was a time for words, when the scene Had just begun, before we passed the dressing. Before the knife cut deep into the breast I might have paused, looked up and all around Into the eyes of […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Lights Out”
Lights blink. Time for each comes to an end. Glows brighten. Then to knees we bend. Some in death, Some in prayer. Each life the same, Yet each life so rare. The filament, Once new and bright. Broken now, Lost is its light. Lens grew dim, Glow from within lost. Shaded coating covers the eyes, […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “The Butterfly”
This morning the rain is coming, the sky is the grey of a dove’s breast, and the old rosebush quivers in the breeze. It has seen many winters and for weeks, has sprouted rose hip berries, persimmon colored, announcing autumn. Yet, this very second it calls my attention, for alighted on one stem three white […]
Poetry Corner: Peter Bray “November Sun…To Donald Trump”
The November sun was high in the air, you’d almost think summer was there, but you don’t really believe in Science now, do ya? CO2 from dirty fuel melts the glaciers and it’s cruel, but you say it’s all a Hoax, now don’t ya? President-Elect of the USA, Electoral College winner any way, how much […]
Poetry Corner: Andrena Zawinski “Rafts”
Sun spills silver stars of light along rippling summer waves. A string of pelicans wing the horizon, light in flight for all their heft. Children squeal and squirm inside their plastic inflatable, until one slips over the side, feigns drowning, splashing and kicking, holding onto his crying sister, then jumps back in to tickle her […]