Category: Fall 2014 Poetry
Wire
by Jayne Benjulian 1 I left him once when he disappeared for a day I left him once no one heard a word — he surfaced later — what did
April Fool’s Song
by David Filer Stayed up late last night, Thoughts in disarray. Woke early this morning, thought of you all day. I think something’s coming
a short history of rain
by David Filer it only fell when it became too heavy for the clouds to bear * and then it had no choice
News of the Missing Girl
by Jessica Purdy An image recurs: a yellow leaf everyone thought would land is condemned mid–fall to the purgatory of a spider’s web.
Blues Moon
by Kendall Merriam Blues Moon for Raised by Wolves Fog, fog can’t see anything its blocking life a long time back I was certain about
Carlos Santana Wins Medal
by Kendall Merriam Carlos Santana Wins Medal for My Brother Parker and All Drummers Every time I listen to his music I think of you Maybe
Sonnet: Earth & Sky
by Dana Wilde When seeds fly goldenrod & ragweed Racing driven wind like birds Across the sky, and sky like blue From north wind water upward
Six Lists in November
by Dana Wilde the wind riffling dead grass waves in the blue water brown leaves hanging from bushes milkweed feathers: the last
Three Attempts
by Bruce Holsapple Walked a scrawny trail thru the grass & trees east from Carizzozo Canyon searching for Grapevine Spring a beguiling name,
Divide
by Bruce Holsapple Sandy mountain road, twisting high thru pine & jumper, into that saddle where the peaks divide, rocky gullies start hers,