Poetry 2022/2023 Issue
Natural Alchemy by Cindy Rinnes
Natural Alchemy by Cindy RinneAriGift GiverNature's AlchemyCindy Rinne creates fiber art and poetry in San Bernardino, CA. Her artworks have been exhibited at the Riverside Art Museum; Roswell Space, LA; LA Artcore; LAAA/825, and more. Cindy has performed at the...
Dawn/Dusk by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios
Dawn/Dusk by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-VreniosDawn/Dusk om tiny blaze in squash blossom sea fire in Ferrari- red maples flutter scarlet cardinal wing the promise of coffee & toast in tenderness staining everything it touches: kitchen table your clean shirt hem of...
Mouth like Manna: Two poems by Jen Yáñez-Alaniz
Poems “Run” and “Chaos in the mouth,” by Jen Yáñez-Alaniz
#1, #63: Last Request to Alpha and Omega by Karla Linn Merrifield
Poem “#1, #63: Last Request to Alpha and Omega” by Karla Linn Merrifield
Sea and Wind: Two poems by Monica Raymond
Poems “When We Were Islands” and “Learn.” By Monica Raymond.
A Peppered Sky: two poems by Laurie Kuntz
Poems “Balance” and “A Memory Disguised as a Poem,” by Laurie Kuntz
Swollen Heart: Two poems by Carmen Calatayud
Poems “Swollen Heart” and “For the Woman Who Knows Death and Loves Hard” by Carmen Calatayud
Just before winter: Two poems by Marianne Hales
Poems “gods and goddesses” and “Stillness, before” by Marianne Hales
CesarChavezCesarChavez by Valeka Cruz
Poem “CesarChavezCesarChavez” by Valeka Cruz
Galaxies Sparked: Two poems by Rikki Santer
Poems “Husk” and “Zemirot,” by Rikki Santer
night by Sally Quon
night by Sally Quon
bits of darkness
cling to walls
heavy with hunger
reluctant egress
easy enough to be swallowed
into the hollow night
Fish Poem by Liz DeGregorio
Poem “Fish Poem” by Liz DeGregorio