FOCUS by Antonio Rios
FOCUS
by Antonio Rios
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Clouds slowly rolled across the sky overhead.A heavyset man sold hotdogs at the street corner.Three young...
ONE SINGLE ROSE by Edward Bonner
ONE SINGLE ROSEby Edward Bonner ONE SINGLE ROSEIf I could offer one single rose’with ruby petals,blades of crimson,showered in dreams,from my garden where seasons are unknown.Would you understand?If a stream runs through graciously’in...
ROUGH RIDE by George Gad Economou
ROUGH RIDE
by George Gad Economou
Rough Ride
time to spend a few hours to watch Wrestlekingdom,and I wish you were here, to...
SCAVENGERS by Hank Kalet
SCAVENGERS
by Hank Kalet
Father Becomes the Son
He says he should justhave a heart attack. Done. And whenI reprimand, I feel the...
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON by Stuart Rawlinson
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
by Stuart Rawlinson
Commutations
The morning commute begins on the hourAs nighttime and daylight adjoin in friction.Buses interrupt as I squint...
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WILLOW AND BARK by Sally Sandler
WILLOW AND BARK
by Sally Sandler
Somedays I Am That Cypress
The past has all blown east.The Monterey cypress felt it leavein...
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CAPTIVE by David Williamson
Captive
Thursday’s trap door below hermemory swings and upclimbs the same captoralways that man, grey wool suitred carnationtaking her furniture, picturesSaturdays hostageagain she bumps into the emptyspaces...
REMEMBERING CAMUS by Reed Venrick
REMEMBERING CAMUS
by Reed Venrick
Circles of the Sea
The Eye was the first circle(Emerson)
Those last days of summer,...
FOUR POEMS by John Casey
Perfect Day
Leaves dancing, rustlingDelicately caressedBy the soft breezeA whispered wind song
Patches of sun, dartingBreak through branchesCascade and collideIn prismatic collageOn the forest floor
DOGS OF AUSTRALIA by Rodney A. Williams
Dogs of AustraliaFor German migrants internedas enemy aliens on Torrens Islandin the Port Adelaide River Estuaryduring World War 1.1I am a dog of AustraliaWalked here by this country’s first peopleAcross a land...
