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 […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “Preparing for winter”
In late October the afternoon sun settles close to the horizon, but still warms the skin. A clear blue sky holds no premonition of what must come next. Only the light weakens, gives us a subtle warning, while shadows grow into long fingers that reach out and touch the circadian self, affirm our uneasiness that […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Lovely”
She came into my view, her friends went inside. She stayed outside, her legs had died. Lovely to look at, quiet with a grace. I couldn’t take my eyes from the lovely of her face. No sign of the harm, but a glow from within. Features so lovely, and a body so thin. Twenty minutes […]
Poetry Corner: Peter Bray “After the election…”
After the election, I grieved like a puppy that had lost its tail, heard the acceptance and concession speeches and went on my way to see a customer, scheduled new work and then headed to Nation’s for breakfast. Good luck, World and America, your new boy thinks Global Warming is a hoax, his majority colleagues […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: In the Dark Last Night
It happened in the dark last night And bounced within my head I lay still and took it in It happened in my bed My life passed right before my eyes And then I realized How long my short life’s been And how slow time is as it flies I saw the struggles I’ve endured […]
Friday Poetry Corner: D.L. Lang “Worldly Windows”
In a world that is filled with walls, be a door. Keep on breathing even if you think you can’t take it anymore. Where there are only bricks and mud, carve windows. In the coldness of the night, be the flaming light. You will approach conflict, but you can choose your fights. When existence seems […]