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Volume 10 · Contents

Volume 10 Number 1 (January 2006)
Volume 10 Number 2 (March 2006)
Volume 10 Number 3 (May 2006)
Volume 10 Number 4 (July 2006)
Volume 10 Number 5 (September 2006)
Volume 10 Number 6 (November 2006)

Volume 10 Number 6 (November 2006)

haiku | guest poetry (children) | guest poetry (adult) | Sondra's poetry

Autumn Leaves º Trish Shields
Changing º Carol Knepper
Haiku º Howard Muse
Haiku º Paul Hansford
He Blesses º James Dean Chase
Her Wedding Ring Falls º Sondra Ball
I Have Seen º C S Snow
I Push º C S Snow
Mirror º Judi Armbruster
October 22, 2003 º Sondra Ball
Red Revelry º Carol Knepper
Sacred Flower º C S Snow
Seeking Shelter º Carol Knepper
The End of Autumn º James Dean Chase
Untitled º anonymous
Varied Hues º Carol Knepper

guest poetry (children):

Look º Shahid Cavallini (age 3)
My Monkey º Josiah Cavallini (age 2)
No More Crying º Shahid Cavallini (age 3)
Pain º Hannah Gilfix (age 13)
Rain º Hannah Gilfix (age 13)
Stranded º Hannah Gilfix (age 13)
Sun and Lake º Josiah Cavallini (age 2)

guest poetry (adults):

A Christmas Poem º Donna Covey
A Dream º Thomas B. Welch
A Dream Whose Time Is Soon Coming º Melissa Fry
A Final Confrontation º Jim Dunlap
A Glimpse of Heaven º Jessica McKinney
A Loving Warmly Touch º Tony Vialy
A Soldier's Bright Christmas Star º Gary Jacobson
A Year Flown Out º Scharlie Meeuws
Ablution º Debashish Haar
Absolution º Regis Auffray
After New Delhi º Sam Friedman
AIDS Researchers on a Break, 1993 º Sam Friedman
All Hail the Next Big Thing º Howard Indian Muse
All That Is Solid º Sam Friedman
And Her Very Name Was Song º Nicola Bouchier
Another Side º Russell Golata
Antebellum, 2003 º Carol Atkins
Around a Cold Corner º Richard Vallance
As My Mind Muses º James Dean Chase
Autumn Passions º D P Thomas
Autumnal Transition of the Bounty º Andrea Dietrich
Back Home We Go º Rebecca S. Hammons
Bennett's Cottage º Donna Bamford
Beware This Darkest of Nights! º James Dean Chase
Buffalo Hair º Melissa Fry
Call Me Love º Bradley Alexander Bucsis
Call of the Wild º C David Hay
Cannibalism in Autumn º Trish Shields
Captain Jack º Garland Strother
Carnival º The Herban Goddess
Cartography º Debashish Haar
Cats in the Barn º Donna Flood
Certain Ways to Take Flight º Sam Silva
Childhood's End º Nimchira
Christmas Senses º Del "Abe" Jones
Clipped by Fear º Janelle L. Streed
Cold Crisp º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Crumbo Motors º Johnny Rustywire
Damaged º Jules Delorme
Déjà Vu – A War Vet's Story º TaMapiya Wachi
Dzil Yijiin º Seeyouma
Falling º Barbara Hilal
Farming Buffalo Land º Garland Strother
Finding Oneself º Lola Mart
Fire Cloud º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Five Roses º Debashish Haar
For I Have Been to the Mountain º Marge Tindal
Friend º Harvest McCampbell
Go My Sweet Child º Terry Collett
Go On and On and On º Johnny Rustywire
God's Gift º Jeanne Grant
Guardian º Paul Curtis
Guide Me Today º Donna Wallace
Have You Been to Where the Moon Dreams? º Lana Hensley
Hidden Message! º Wredgranny
His Cinnamon House º James Dean Chase
I Am Cherokee … º Marge Tindal
I'm Getting Green Stuff for Xmas º Andrea Dietrich
Impressions of Autumn º The Herban Goddess
In the Carnival of Wicked Thinkers º G David Schwartz
In the Company of Angels º Paul Curtis
In the Work º Judi Armbruster
Indian Summer º Lynda Spiritdove Imburgia
Inevitable Incredible Fall – 2004 º Donna Flood
Inside º Russell Golata
It's the Water, the Water … º Larry Kibby
Judas Is Not Your Name º Jim Dunlap
Life Is º Bradley Alexander Bucsis
Life Struggle Death Life º Shyhawk
Like Christmas Socks, Like Kitty º Andrea Dietrich
Love º Narayanan Raghunathan
Miss Pretty Mused on God and Such º Terry Collett
Missing You º Butterfly Dancer
Montague Island º Taylor Graham
Mr. Frost and Mr. Puck º Carol Atkins
Music and the Sea º José Chavin Presser
My Legacy º Barbara Hilal
My Residence º Debashish Haar
Mystical Journey º Tom Zart
New Year's Eve in a Foxhole º Gary Jacobson
Now º Lorene E. Burgess
Occam's Razor … or Who Shaved the Barber? º Jim Dunlap
Ol' Chaps º John Hopkins
Old Woman in Wheelchair º Trish Shields
On Any Day º Ali Khaghani
On Cultural Memetics º Alexander Shaumyan
One Christmas Eve º Andrea Dietrich
One Long Day º Jeanne Grant
One Who Touched My Life º Jeanne Grant
Pensioned Off º Scharlie Meeuws
Periods of Silence º Oliver Loveday
Photo of My Mother's Village º Dawn Bruce
Pine Straw º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Plans for a Plan for a Plan for a … º Del Abe Jones
Poinsetta on My Doorstep º Sam Silva
Port Authority º G.A. Scheinoha
Premorbid º Kathleen Egan
Presence of Being º Janelle L. Streed
Products of the A-Bomb º Sam Silva
Rare Cat º Steve Toth
Remnants º Paul Hansford
Scale Invariance º Debashish Haar
Self º Dawn Bruce
She Asked for a Poem º Howard Winters
She Had Choked Her Death º Terry Collett
Shinnecock Dreams º RM Green
Simulacrum of Emptiness º Joseph Armstead
Soldier Girl º Nakima Redfox
Something About Love º Edward Wolverton
Sounds of Christmas º Del "Abe" Jones
Spirit Bath! º Wredgranny
Spirit Wind º E. Y.
Standard Time º Richard Vallance
Street Kids º Dawn Bruce
Tailor of Lies º G.A. Scheinoha
Thanksgiving º Iron Otter
Thanksgiving 2000 º Del "Abe" Jones
Thanksgiving Eve in the House of Cinnamon º Andrea Dietrich
The Arrowhead º C David Hay
The Big Hurt º Butterfly Dancer
The Definition of Love º Jim Dunlap
The Emptiness of Purity º Jeffrey Bell
The Forgotten º Robin Stansbury
The Lightning and Thunder, Visions º Oliver Loveday
The Lost Dream º Tatjana Debeljacki
The Molester's Gifts, to the Children He Loves º Creative Vibes
The Old Warrior º Gary Peterson
The Predicament º Narayanan Raghunathan
The Real Meaning of Christmas º Lynda Spiritdove Imburgia
The Sages of Consciousness º G David Schwartz
The Song of a Bush Warbler º Shigeki Matsumura
The Weeping Willow º Pattimarie Sheets
The Wind º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
The Wind Cries Through the Cathedral of Shadow º Joseph Armstead
There Was a Time º Gary Peterson
There's Something in a Love Poem º Steve Toth
To a Baby Sparrow º Donna Bamford
To All of You º Howard Winters
To Be Civilized º Larry Kibby
Today º Jules Delorme
Too Cold When Swimming in Ice Water º Frank Anthony
Toy Soldier º C David Hay
Transformation º Harvest McCampbell
Turnip Maggot º Steve Toth
Up Periscope! º G.A. Scheinoha
Waiting for Vacation º Rebecca S. Hammons
Wanna Be º Ali Khaghani
Warrior Love º RM Green
We Can Bring Heaven Down º C S Snow
We, The Settlers º Scharlie Meeuws
What a Poem Isn't º Carol Atkins
What it Means to be an American Today º James H. Starkey
While We Sleep º Taylor Graham
Who Am I? º Ruth VanVeenendaal
Why Am I Here? º Nimchira
Wild Frontier Winds º D P Thomas
Wingspan º Taylor Graham
Winter Cruelty º Donna Wallace
Winter Lament º Nicola Bouchier
Winter Night º Thomas B. Welch
Winter's First Snow Fall º Savannah Skye
Wupatki Ruins º Garland Strother
Yearling º Trish Shields
Yearnings º Regis Auffray
Years from Now º John Hopkins
Zippy the Dopehead º C.S. Snow

Sondra's poetry:

A Dream of Mystery º Sondra Ball
A Glimpse of God's Glory º Sondra Ball
An Incantation º Sondra Ball
Awake in Woodbury º Sondra Ball
December 28, 2005 º Sondra Ball
Hiding º Sondra Ball
I Have Heard º Sondra Ball
In My Father's House º Sondra Ball
Light Storms º Sondra Ball
Like the Sun º Sondra Ball
National Air and Space Museum º Sondra Ball
Oh, Lord º Sondra Ball
Sea Level º Sondra Ball
The Darkness Returned º Sondra Ball
This … º Sondra Ball
Three Minutes º Sondra Ball
Vast Tides º Sondra Ball

Volume 10 Number 5 (September 2006)

haiku | guest poetry (children) | guest poetry (adult) | Sondra's poetry

Free Giggle Tonic º James Dean Chase
Haiku º Dustin Neal
Haiku º Rositza Pironska
Haiku º Tim Lang
In My Inbox º Aurora Antonovic
Just Known º Rositza Pironska
More Precious Than Gold º James Dean Chase
Riding the Subway º Aurora Antonovic
Searching for Silence º Ruth VanVeenendaal
Some People º Rositza Pironska
The Crescent Moon º Rositza Pironska
Walpurgis Night Sunset at the Belfry º Richard Vallance
While We Lighted º Rositza Pironska

guest poetry (children):

Fall Leaves º Grace Hensley (age 8)
Shells º Annie (age 7)
The Fan º Annie (age 7)

guest poetry (adults):

13 Hairy Hallowe'en Limericks! º Richard Vallance
A FEW Good MEN º Gary Jacobson
A Human Creation º Larry Kibby
All Hallow's Dusk º Richard Vallance
Almost Columbus Day º Harvest McCampbell
Autumn Leaves º Oliver Loveday
Autumn Ritual º James Dean Chase
Autumn's Strip Scene º James Dean Chase
Barricades º Michelle Close Mills
Blacktop Hiway º Nimchira
Budding º Pattimari Sheets
Calendars º Donna Flood
Can We Find the Lost! º Wredgranny
Chairs º C S Snow
Coping º Michelle Close Mills
Creator's Song º Jamey W. Blake
Daddy's Girl º Trigger Harley
Earth Song º Russell Golata
Earth's Children º Corina Roberts
End of Our World º Gary Jacobson
Fall º Russell Golata
Fall Thoughts º Russell Golata
Fall's Deception º Donna Flood
Fall's Ways º Savannah Skye
Finding Oneself º Lola Mart
Gone Before º E. Y.
Halloween º Del "Abe" Jones
Halloween º Regis Auffray
Halloween 2004 º Regis Auffray
Home º Lara Goins
Horses º Corina Roberts
I Cry Out º Robin Stansbury
I Live With It º Warner B. Scott
I Wish º Kris
In the Garden º C S Snow
Kinlani º Johnny Rustywire
Land of Shi º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Losing Faith º The Herban Goddess
Ma-ri-a º Nimchira
Mind Chatter º Ruth VanVeenendaal
Moon Fires º Oliver Loveday
My Existence º Warner B. Scott
My Favorite Season º Donna Sanchez
Never Having Wished to Be Naked º Sam Silva
No Accommodation º Rich Magahiz
October º Jim Dunlap
Ode to a Pine Tree º Donna Bamford
Ode to Muskoka º Donna Bamford
Of Love º John Hopkins
Oklahoma Summer 2006 º Donna Flood
Peace and Struggle º Shyhawk
Proud of the Scars º Pam Murray
Reach Me º Steve Toth
Schizophrenia º Regis Auffray
Soul Dancers º James Dean Chase
Tell Me º Lola Mart
The Answer or the Question? º Wredgranny
The Art of Lynn º Sam Silva
The Goddess and the Night º The Herban Goddess
The Great Waters º Narayanan Raghunathan
The Greatest Lesson One Can Learn º Tom Zart
The Journey º Janice Q. Stockman
The Last Stand º C. David Hay
The Sacred Land º Larry Kibby
The Yellow Butterfly º Butterfly Dancer
Thoughts º Phil Mullen
Thunderstorm º Judith Armbruster
Time of Plenty º Corina Roberts
To Paint an Autumn Scene º Del "Abe" Jones
Two O Clock in the Morning º Howard Winters
Undone º Harvest McCampbell
Untitled º Howard Winters
Virginia º Lester Heritage
What Settled Word Is This? º Terry Collett
What Were Their Names? º Johnny Rustywire
When a Loved One Asks for Help º Corrina Lynn Ballanger
When I Fly º Chrissy Parks
When They Are Cut … and Bleed º Robin Stansbury
Where Is the Painted Lady º Terry Collett
Whimsical Autumn Poem º Savannah Skye
Wings of Heaven º Tom Zart

Sondra's poetry:

A Pavilion Dream º Sondra Ball
Along the Edge º Sondra Ball
An Inner Child º Sondra Ball
Beach Plums º Sondra Ball
Child, Little Child º Sondra Ball
Dream at Midnight º Sondra Ball
Dune Grass º Sondra Ball
Guiltless º Sondra Ball
Hands Closed Tight º Sondra Ball
I Come Before You º Sondra Ball
I Hear Them º Sondra Ball
I Look at the Sky º Sondra Ball
I Shall Not Forget º Sondra Ball
Notes to the Dominant Culture º Sondra Ball
Searchless º Sondra Ball
Sure You Can º Sondra Ball
Transformed º Sondra Ball

Volume 10 Number 4 (July 2006)

haiku | guest poetry (children) | guest poetry (adult) | Sondra's poetry

A Kiss of Luck º James Dean Chase
An Ancestor's War Memorial º Donna Ferrell
Another Summer º Angèle Lux
Batty Black Witch Moth º James Dean Chase
Butterfly Markings º Carol Knepper
Cloistered Room º Angèle Lux
Foulard Haiku º Pam Murray
Haiku º Pam Murray
Haiku º Toni Calvello
Her Infant Boy º Richard Vallance
My Maine Coon Perched º Richard Vallance
Pruning the Shoots º Donna Ferrell
Shadows Haiku º Sondra Ball
Summer Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Sun in the Clouds º Vaughn Seward
This Dark Summer Night º Richard Doiron
Two Thunder Haiku º Carol Knepper
Water Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Where the Beach Is º Michael McClintock
White Butterflies º Kigen

guest poetry (children):

Creeping through the Jungle º Anushka Menon (age 6)
Farm º Anushka Menon (age 6)
Happy Mother's Day º Hunter Hollingshead (age 12)
Inside the Door º Anushka Menon (age 6)

guest poetry (adults):

A Day for Mommy º Trigger Harley
A Saturday With Nothing to Do º Howard Winters
A Turn of Tide the Mind to Hide º Retha Smit
A Young One's Visit º ShyHawk
After the Deluge º Oliver Loveday
Alcove º Debashish Haar
American's Idle º Russell Golata
Back Around º Russell Golata
Barbaro, a Champion º Del "Abe" Jones
Behind His Knowing Eyes º Andrea Dietrich
Bleeding Still! º Wredgranny
Blessings of Litha º Savannah Skye
Bob Schockler º G David Schwartz
Breathlessly Spell Bound º Mary-Ellen Matthews
Child of Mine º Connie Marcum Wong
Children of Summer º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Demons Unveiled º Ali Khaghani
Desert Story º Barbara Hilal
Digital Wife º Louie Raymond Coassin Jr.
Dreams Found in an Overgrown Churchyard º Richard James
Emancipation º Nicola Bouchier
Enough º Michelle Close Mills
Fireworks º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
For Mel º Paul Hansford
Forever Friends º Andrea Dietrich
Freedom º Robin Stansbury
Golden Eagle º Nimchira
Grasshopper Summer º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Hobo Heaven º Regis Auffray
How to Return º Judi Armbruster
I Throw You a Kiss º Butterfly Dancer
Imagination Land º P.S. Gifford
Keeping the Watch º Taylor Graham
Kingdom of Tears º Nicola Bouchier
Kisses of Sunshine º James Dean Chase
Last Drum Calling! º Wredgranny
Lightest of Lights º Richard Vallance
Lost Dignity º Larry Kibby
Love Rushes º Steve Toth
Magnificence of Lake º Donna Bamford
Mirrored Image of Time º Larry Kibby
Miss Who? º Regis Auffray
Moussaoui º Del "Abe" Jones
My Children º G David Schwartz
My What to Avoid Dream º Frank Anthony
Naddy Gant º Nimchira
Nature and Man º Rebecca S. Hammons
Nature Is My Sanctuary º Judi Armbruster
Nature's Beauty º Rebecca S. Hammons
Night º Tom Zart
No Poem Today º P.S. Gifford
Ode to Quiet Songs º Donna Flood
Oh, Butterfly of Death º James Dean Chase
Oh Youth Where Hast Thou Flown º Howard Winters
Old Navajo Games º Scharlie Meeuws
On the Divide º The Herban Goddess
Once Upon a Blue Moon º Andrea Dietrich
Only in Your Words º Valeria Simonova
Our Little Country Church º Donna Covey
Painting º Christina Woodger
Pam Farwick º G David Schwartz
Pauline º Donna Flood
Peninsula º Donna Bamford
Peregrine º Donna Bamford
Poets º Tom Zart
PTSD º Gary Jacobson
Rainbows Follow the Rain º James Dean Chase
Reiki Music º Connie Marcum Wong
Remember the Turtle º ShyHawk
Reunion º Gary Jacobson
Running for Dawn º Johnny Rustywire
Sacred Pipe in Hand º Larry Kibby
So Soar My Brother º Larry R Irons
Soldier in the Rain º Tom Zart
Sowing in Tears º Vonda Pelow
SpringSong! º Lynda Spiritdove Imburgia
Starling Out of its Nest º Donna Flood
Summer's Allegory º Richard Vallance
That Other Image Above Me º Sam Silva
The Black Robes º Roni Mitchell
The Catalyst Shines º C. S. Snow
The Color of Rain º The Herban Goddess
The Debt º Wredgranny
The Garden of Guess º Nimchira
The Old Ones Cried º Robin Stansbury
The Summer Breeze º Butterfly Dancer
The Underwear of the Soul º D P Thomas
The Word º Russell Golata
Thoughts º Louie Raymond Coassin Jr.
Thoughts Which Wander Toward Paradise º Sam Silva
Throwaway Sentence º John Christian Hopkins
To Unknown Ancestors Who Traverse My Dreams º Lorene Elizabeth Burgess
Today Is a Good Day to Fight º Robin Stansbury
Tortured º Louie Raymond Coassin Jr.
Trifles in Daily Life º Shigeki Matsumura
Untitled º Archie Goodwin
Untitled º Howard Winters
Untitled º Vonda Pelow
Up to My Earlobes in Basil º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Villanelle for Our Daughter º Paul Hansford
Wanderer's Moon º James Dean Chase
War º Tom Zart
What I Don't Know º billie rain

Sondra's poetry:

A Gesture º Sondra Ball
A Poor Woman Speaks º Sondra Ball
A Rose º Sondra Ball
Among the Maples º Sondra Ball
An Abused Young Woman at a Christian University º Sondra Ball
Aunt Leila º Sondra Ball
Blackness Closing º Sondra Ball
By Barnegat Bay º Sondra Ball
Do Not Be Afraid º Sondra Ball
Hour of Prayer º Sondra Ball
I Have Been Told º Sondra Ball
I Listen to Conversations º Sondra Ball
I Survived º Sondra Ball
Invitation to Me at Three º Sondra Ball
My Mother's Father º Sondra Ball
Named º Sondra Ball
Sisters? º Sondra Ball
This Moment º Sondra Ball
To a Long Present Love º Sondra Ball
When It Rains º Sondra Ball
Will You º Sondra Ball

Volume 10 Number 3 (May 2006)

haiku | guest poetry (children) | guest poetry (adult) | Sondra's poetry

Ages Old Oaks º James Dean Chase
Butterflies º James Dean Chase
Eyes of Wonder º Ruth van Veenendaal
God's Eye º Nimchira
Haiku for My Son º Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos
His Symbol º Janet Lynn Davis
In a Crystal Vase º Sondra Ball
Lost in Space º Janet Lynn Davis
Melodic Laughter º James Dean Chase
Moon Haiku º Sondra Ball
Muryo-ju º Shigeki Matsumura
Music Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Quattrilingual Spring Haiku on William Shakespeare's Sonnet XXXIII º Richard Vallance
Rustic Rose º Janet Lynn Davis
Shadow Pictures º Janet Lynn Davis
Spring Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Spring's First Dawn º Richard Vallance
The Japanese Tree º Aurora Antonovic
Winter Night º James Dean Chase

guest poetry (children):

Three Wishes º Jonathan Gifford (age 13)

guest poetry (adults):

A Deep Breath º Taylor Graham
A Wish for Alice º Paul Curtis
All Wrong º Louie Raymond Coassin Jr.
Alone º Paul Curtis
Ancient Faces º David Yohn
Ancient Whispers º Bonnie Kay Florea
Angus Inn Hotel Shenanigans º Trevor Landers
Anonymous º Tyler Joseph Wiseman
Appeal º Janelle L. Streed
Are There Sabbaticals for Mothers and Housewives? º Donna Flood
Arguing with Stick Men º Russell Golata
Arms Are º Stephen Mead
Awakening II º Tyler Joseph Wiseman
Before You º Regis Auffray
Behold º Janelle L. Streed
Brazilian Pepper Tree º Sharon Warden
Broken Pencils º Trevor Landers
Caged º Janelle L. Streed
Can't See º Larry Irons (ZicaHota)
Can't Somebody Love Me? º Robin Stansbury
Cavalcade º Stephen Mead
Children of War º Gary Jacobson
Cognitive Dissonance º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Come Dance the Maypole º Savannah Skye
Conquered º Roni Mitchell
Cry of the Children º Nimchira
Dad, Eve, His Philosophy º Donna Flood
Depression º Donna Flood
Dialogue with Death º Barbara Hilal
Do Your Eyes Light Up º Donna Wallace
Don't They Want to Come Home, Father? º Maxine Transue
Empty Words º John Hopkins
Exhale º Retha Smit
Face º Ashok Niyogi
Feverish º Steve Toth
Fishing with My Father º E Y
Flight º Jesse Collins Newman
Flowers º Tom Zart
Fly Little Bird Fly º Michelle Close Mills
For Jane in Her Last Days … "The Old Ones" º Roni Mitchell
For Jayne º moordykspot
For Moms º Del "Abe" Jones
For the Men and Women Protecting Our Country º Blair
Forever Sunday º David Yohn
Free to Be You º Ali Khaghani
Freedom º Ronald Frosty Deere
Friend º Regis Auffray
Futile º Jeanne Grant
Gooseberry º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Grey Rooms º Stephen Mead
Háskólabíó º Trevor Landers
He Was Your Friend º Yuri Johnson
Hostage º Abby Lynn
How Can This Be? º Larry Kibby
I Got More Moves Than an Epileptic º Marc Jansen
I Live in the Country º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
I Want to Become º Yuri Johnson
I Wanted the Moon º Barbara Smith
In a Different Kind of Grasp º G David Schwartz
In Darkness º Jeanne Grant
In the Silence º Larry Irons (ZicaHota)
It May Be So º Howard Winters
Lemony Daffodil º Donna Flood
Library Festival Woodstock º Tyler Joseph Wiseman
Like a Shadow º Blair
Living Nightmare º Trigger Harley
Love º Tom Zart
Love Is a Song º G David Schwartz
Love Is Our Undoing º Steve Toth
Making Sense º Judi Armbruster
Manifest Destiny º Roni Mitchell
Mother River º E.Y.
Mountain Memories º Rebecca S. Hammons
Mourning Marks º Robin Stansbury
My Head Is Heavy º G David Schwartz
My Memory º G David Schwartz
My Oak Tree º Butterfly Dancer
My Special Friend º Butterfly Dancer
Nightscape º C.S. Snow
Normal º Michelle Close Mills
Oh, Daddy º Donna Wallace
On the Eroticism of Eating Mangoes º Trevor Landers
Our Commonweal º Richard Vallance
Out of the Night º C W Hawes
Prometheus Chained º Nicola Bouchier
Purity º Abby Lynn
Quiet Caves! º Wredgranny
Reincarnation º Marc Jansen
Reseed Me º James Dean Chase
Resurrection º Ashok Niyogi
Riding the Waves º G David Schwartz
Running Free º Nimchira
Seasons º Judi Armbruster
Shades of Hell º Nimchira
Shambles º Louie Raymond Coassin Jr.
She Wolf! º Wredgranny
Song of Fragments º Russell Golata
Spirit Waltz º The Herban Goddess
Spring Rain º Vonda Pelow
Suicide Note º Louie Raymond Coassin Jr.
Swiftly as the Coming Storm º Lana Hensley
The Ancient Land º John Hopkins
The Color of the Rain º The Herban Goddess
The Day of the Lord º Donna Wallace
The Feminine Condition º Nicola Bouchier
The Flight of Birds º Paul Hansford
The Leaf Parts Softly º C W Hawes
The Liar Within º Larry Kibby
The Little Fishergirl º Acrobat/Wolf Woman
The Marlboro Man º Gary Jacobson
The Nature Ride º Rebecca S. Hammons
The Poet's Curse º Robin Ouzman Hislop
The Price We Pay º Del Abe Jones
The Soldier's Dream º Barbara Smith
The Visit º Michelle Close Mills
The Walls Are Silent º Johnny Rustywire
The Wish º C W Hawes
They Pay for Every Day º Frank Anthony
Thinking º Johnny Rustywire
This Collection º Taylor Graham
This Warm and Sunny Day of Spring º C W Hawes
Thoughts of Spring º Lester Heritage
Tis Raining º Debashish Haar
Unclaimed º James Dean Chase
Upon the Lake º Retha Smit
Vermillion Street º Trevor Landers
Waltzing with the Wind º Gary Jacobson
War º Tom Zart
Weeds º David Yohn
What Sort of God? º Maxine Transue
What You Did, Frank º Ann Cefola
Why I Delight in Rain in Your Absence º Sam Silva
Wild Flowers º Pam H. Murray
Will Not Fall º John D. Berry
Wilson Drawing º Oliver Loveday
Your Smile º C W Hawes

Sondra's poetry:

A Grey Rain Falling º Sondra Ball
A Lock of Your Hair º Sondra Ball
A Morning Question º Sondra Ball
A Small Child's Laughter º Sondra Ball
A Sunny Spring Day º Sondra Ball
Abraham's Song While Exiled in Egypt º Sondra Ball
After the News º Sondra Ball
Alone Among Others º Sondra Ball
Apocalyptic Sonnet in Blank Verse º Sondra Ball
Dream Walkers, Dream Stalkers º Sondra Ball
Fall of the Thunderbird º Sondra Ball
Joseph's Song Just After Reaching Egypt º Sondra Ball
Only Today º Sondra Ball
Peter Pan º Sondra Ball
Reckless Folk º Sondra Ball
Runes on a Kentucky Rock º Sondra Ball
Shadows Gathering º Sondra Ball
The Time Had Come º Sondra Ball
This Child º Sondra Ball
Walking by Myself º Sondra Ball

Volume 10 Number 2 (March 2006)

haiku | guest poetry (children) | guest poetry (adult) | Sondra's poetry

4 Droll Comi-Tragic Senryus Comico-Tragiques º Richard Vallance
Bonsai Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Butterfly Brown º James Dean Chase
Children and Snow º Regis Auffray
City Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Cloud Face º Regis Auffray
Comings and Goings º Mario Cavallini
Facing the End º Ruth van Veenendaal
Haiku º Andrés Fisher
Haiku º C.S. Snow
Haiku º Yoav J. Tenembaum
He Does Not Chide º Aurora Antonovic
Kite Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Origami Mouse º C.S. Snow
Renga in Rhyme for a Depressed Friend º Sondra Ball
"Why Do the Nations...?" º Richard Vallance

guest poetry (children):

Soul º Terrell Pollitt
The Eye of Beauty º Terrell Pollitt

guest poetry (adults):

A New and Dirty Park º Sam Silva
A Saint Patrick's Day Rainbow Wish for You º Donna Wallace
A Song of a Born-Again Atheist º Alexander Shaumyan
Apache Prayer of Thanks for the Resurrection º Robin Stansbury
April Fools º Steve Toth
At the Crossroad º Tony Vialy
Awakening º Kay Florea
Black Crow º Robin Stansbury
Brilliancy º Robert McKay
By Many Roundelays º Richard Vallance
Castles of Sand º Robert McKay
Celebration/Mystic Compass º C.S. Snow
Celestial Journey º Connie Marcum Wong
Cherry Blossom Sky º Savannah Skye
Chief Joseph º Del "Abe" Jones
Child of the Earth º Lynda Spiritdove Imburgia
Child of the Irish º Roni A. Mitchell
Crystal Rain º Connie Marcum Wong
Daffodil º Pam H. Murray
Do You Search for Reason? º Larry Kibby
Does Liberty Have Dimensions? º Sean Clair
Don't Pity Me º Ronald Frosty Deere
Dreams of Stealing Oil º Frank Anthony
Earth Day º Del "Abe" Jones
Easter º James Dean Chase
Empty Souls, Lost Minds º Larry Kibby
Escaping Nether Land º Pamela MacBean
Fate and I Walked One Day º Sean Clair
Fire Murmurings º Oliver Loveday
Give Me Your Smile º Tony Vialy
Good Friday º Frank Anthony
Have You Ever Kissed a Heart? º Ronald Frosty Deere
Hear the Cries º Nimchira
Hecate º The Herban Goddess
Her Baby's Face º Robin Stansbury
Herod and Our Bush Men º Frank Anthony
H.O.H. Baby º C.S. Snow
Houses º John Hopkins
In Search of a Chalice and a Pentacle º Jim Dunlap
Just One More Coalminer's Daughter º Del "Abe" Jones
Lagoon º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Layers º Michelle Close Mills
Lines º Michelle Close Mills
Love Storm º Steve Toth
Making Things Unbearably Easy º Sam Silva
March Arrives º James Dean Chase
Men and Mountains … º E.Y.
Neap Tides º Sean Clair
Nearer to Thee º Retha Smit
Nyx º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Our Blanket of Love º Butterfly Dancer
Peaceful Solitude º Pam H. Murray
Perspective º Robert McKay
Revision of Tenses º Paul Hansford
Right Now º Russell Golata
Route 66 º John D. Berry
Sisters! º Wredgranny
Sleepy Hollow… Legend? Hmmm… º Richard Vallance
Speak Out! º Wredgranny
Star Milk º Oliver Loveday
Storm Watch º Steve Toth
Suibne on St. Patrick’s º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Sunday Afternoon with Suibne º Robin Ouzman Hislop
The Autumn of My 35 º Sandy Hiss
The Collector º Pamela MacBean
The First Parents' Visiting Day º Shigeki Matsumura
The Greatest Gift º Robin Stansbury
The Never Ending Trail º Del "Abe" Jones
The One º C.S. Snow
The Tower º Pam Murray
The Wind º Linda Ruthen
"THEM" and US º Del "Abe" Jones
Tiny Treasure º Michelle Close Mills
To Always Ride the Lyrical Wave º Pamela MacBean
To Those Who Are in Love º Laura Martinez
Tragic Loss º Donna Wallace
Trails That Talk º E. Y.
True Friends º C W Hawes
Two Gray Hills º Johnny Rustywire
Untitled º John Christian Hopkins
Untitled º Sean Clair
Value º Russell Golata
Vultures º Michelle Close Mills
We Couldn't Go There Again º Donna Flood
We Grieve º ShyHawk
While Poem-Reading on the Train º Mario Cavallini
Wild Easter Lilies º Regis Auffray
Winter Creations º Connie Marcum Wong
Winter Into Spring º C W Hawes
Wrong Track º C W Hawes
You Said It, Ben º Donna Flood

Sondra's poetry:

A Dismal Night º Sondra Ball
A Mercenary Night º Sondra Ball
An Icy Swamp º Sondra Ball
Dawn Beside the Shore º Sondra Ball
Even While We Sleep º Sondra Ball
Mad Hands º Sondra Ball
New Moon Garden º Sondra Ball
Pre-Easter and Post-Easter Jesus º Sondra Ball
Saturday Morning º Sondra Ball
Silver Bells Ringing º Sondra Ball
Slender Wind º Sondra Ball
Television News º Sondra Ball
The Owl º Sondra Ball
The Promise º Sondra Ball
Tree Lined Delaware º Sondra Ball
Trial by Mud º Sondra Ball
Unbidden Tears º Sondra Ball
Walking in the Woods º Sondra Ball
Watching the Delaware º Sondra Ball
White Moon Gleaming º Sondra Ball

Volume 10 Number 1 (January 2006)

haiku | guest poetry | Sondra's poetry

Barnegat º Mario Cavallini
Cool Weather Tanka º Janet Lynn Davis
Equinox º John D. Berry
Haiku º Barbara Smith
Haiku of Beginnings º Sondra Ball
Illumine º James Nordlund
Leaf º James Nordlund
Pretty Little One º Aurora Antonovic
Senyru º Pat Paulk
Temple Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Valentine's Day Haiku º Richard Vallance
Neige et Vents º Richard Vallance
Winter Haiku º Narayan Raghunathan
Winter's Symphony º Regis Auffray
With Precision º Aurora Antonovic

A Lost Son Turning 10 º E.Y.
A Sign of the Time º James Nordlund
A Surreal Spectacle º Narayan Raghunathan
An Immortal Echo of Another Time and Place º Ali Khaghani
Ancestral Seed º Larry Kibby
Another New Year? º Frank Anthony
As I Have Grown Older º Howard Winters
Autumn's Rose º Abby Lynn
Bless You º Donna Wallace
Breath º Harvest McCampbell
Breathe º Michelle Close Mills
Chemical Reaction º Ali Khaghani
Cinnaminson Station º Mario Cavallini
Cloud Dancing º Russell Golata
Crack the Whip º Donna Flood
Crows on White Snow º Butterfly Dancer
Cultural Survival º Johnny Rustywire
Dance … the "Cosmic Spiral Dance" … º Savannah Skye
Dead Thoughts … But With Wings º Sam Silva
Desert Rain º Yancy Lee Dalton
Dreamwoods' Song º Regis Auffray
Eating Out at the Silver Spur º Donna Flood
Empty Nests º Betty Jayne Gregory
Endpapers º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Eye of a Captive Elephant º Suzanne Delaney
Face º Ashok Niyogi
Feather Duster º Russell Golata
Freedom Remembered º Suzanne Delaney
From Blue Corn º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Fug º Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Glean º James Nordlund
Grave Along the County Road º Taylor Graham
Great Women Fight Back º Frank Anthony
He Is a Soldier of the Void º Sam Silva
Hello K00dy, º Russell Golata
Horse Electra º Oliver Loveday
Hunter's Moon º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Huskies, "Mush!" º Richard Vallance
I Composed a Poem, but … º Shigeki Matsumura
I Composed a Poem of Enlightenment, but … º Shigeki Matsumura
I Remember º Nimchira
If Moses Could Do This º Frank Anthony
If Somebody Holds Your Heart º Del "Abe" Jones
Indian Woman of the Time º Larry Kibby
It's a Real War º Del "Abe" Jones
January "Swearing" for a New Start Every Day º Jim Dunlap
Kenned by Moons º Richard Vallance
Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye º John Christian Hopkins
Long After Memory Fails Me º Robin Stansbury
Love º Tom Zart
Love Divine º Savannah Skye
Mary Miles º Louise Hagan
Middle Sound º Adelaide Bond Sirmons
Mingling with the Dead º Gary Jacobson
Mirror º Michelle Close Mills
Near the Sea I Breathe º Regis Auffray
New Year Revelry º Donna Wallace
Night Song º Wredgranny
Only a Little One º Mary-Ellen Matthews
Our Hopes Our Dreams º Butterfly Dancer
Peals of Laughter º Aurora Antonovic
Portrait of a King º Michelle Close Mills
Pure Once Again º Lana Hensley
Quick to Revenge º Aurora Antonovic
Rabbits º Steve Toth
Raven Mocker º Lana Hensley
Really Saying º Russell Golata
Recede, Recede … º Richard Vallance
Scruffy º Donna Sanchez
Seasons º Doris J. Niswonger
Security Threats and HIV/AIDS º Hillol Ray
She Showed Us the Way to Live º Gary Blankenship
Silenced Wounds of Child Abuse º Hillol Ray
Silent Screams º James Dean Chase
So Now I Walk Away º Butterfly Dancer
Some Impossible Dreams Belong That Way º Frank Anthony
Songs º E. Y.
Stardate, 1969 º John D. Berry
Sturgeon Moon º Robin Ouzman Hislop
Symmetry º Ali Khaghani
The Crying Blues º Laura Martinez
The Death of 2005 º Donna Flood
The Empty Land º Gary Blankenship
The Freedom Fires º Oliver Loveday
The Journey Home º Donna Wallace
The Kingdom of Heaven º Barbara Smith
The Magic Bodies º Narayan Raghunathan
The Message º Kay Florea
The Rain-Blue Door º Taylor Graham
The Story of My Hero º Laura Martinez
The Willow Tree º P.S. Gifford
This Is the Epic of Pneumonia º Sam Silva
Those Sad Country Songs º John Hopkins
Thunder's Mother º Janet Moreland
Time Line º John D. Berry
To Share the Song º Wredgranny
War º Tom Zart
War Games of Childhood º Dale A. Edmands
Warrior of Truth º Wredgranny
We Stand Together! º Wredgranny
When I First Saw Her º E.Y.
Winter Born of Fall º Sam Silva
With All These Choices º Del "Abe" Jones
WWI, The Great War º Del "Abe" Jones
You Phoned º Ashok Niyogi
You Who Are Here º Steve Toth
Zoo º Suzanne Delaney

Sondra's poetry:

A Bright Moon Rises º Sondra Ball
A Moonless Night º Sondra Ball
A Wartime Mother º Sondra Ball
A Woman in Camden, New Jersey Speaks º Sondra Ball
An Abandoned Cabin º Sondra Ball
An Evening with a Woman in a Philadelphia Slum House º Sondra Ball
Bitter Cold Among the Poor º Sondra Ball
Feet Crunching º Sondra Ball
House of Prayer º Sondra Ball
I Kneel º Sondra Ball
Morning Prayers º Sondra Ball
Remember º Sondra Ball
Seasons Turning º Sondra Ball
Shadows of Night º Sondra Ball
The First Snowfall º Sondra Ball
The People Who Work º Sondra Ball
The Windows Are Closed º Sondra Ball
Thoughts of a Fisherman's Wife, Holding Her Child º Sondra Ball
Words to the Wind º Sondra Ball

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