sample poems

silence by word of mouth

Cherie Hunter Day

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empty church
relighting
someone’s candle

frances angela

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4’33’’ all the while snow

P. H. Fischer

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when did i start
talking to myself
lilac buds

Sandi Pray

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ballpoint pen the night in its click

ai li

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snow turns to rain a loose translation

Tanya McDonald

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tormentil another day of firsts

Simon Chard

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the meadow’s edge . . .
winter mist
turning to rain

Hannah Mahoney

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grass shadows . . .
an ashy mining-bee
returns to its burrow

Thomas Powell

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the arch
of her back . . .
dune roses

Chad Lee Robinson

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summer heat
paint peeling from
the old postbox

stephen toft

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bringing soft things
into the hibernaculum
solstice sky

Julie Warther

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waves tap
the reservoir embankment
wintering buffleheads

paul m.

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early spring
she carries more clothes
than she’s wearing

kjmunro

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today
the stray cat
a little closer

Jill Lange

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summer night
the moon
has come and gone

th. vandergrau