• The image is of a shimmering puddle on a concrete path, which is mirroring the sky above

    Nature’s ponds--small catchmentsin the concrete path,deep enoughto hold shimmering puddles:nature’s watery mirrors. Reflectionsof a worldjust beyondthe mind’s eye line-a mirage that persists,without resistance. Editor: ...
  • The image is of a picturesque blue bay with a pier or causeway

    I hear words about when and where,But is the answer out there?  Words without guidelines, A sign of the times, Between the landminesAnd the fallen pines. ...
  • The image is of a flat tree lined horizon under a clear blue sky

    NowWalking before crawlingTalking without thinkingSwimming and sinkingRunning but not finishingClimbing without ascending ThenFalling through the horizonDisappearing into oblivion Editor: Erynn Crittenden
  • The image is of an old tree, that looks bare and sad under a cold and cloudy sky

    I remember being a weeping treeI am writing words for everyone to see.I am writing a song for a soul unconsoledAnd singing about my ...
  • The image is of my wife, Carole, on wedding night, with confetti on her hair

    Sorry for life’s catastropheMy mission fell into the seaThere, lost in a world without sails-I could not find your holy grail Our fairy tale ...
  • The image is of nostalgic photos hanging on a wall

    Dusty photos hang on the wallsWhere reality’s silhouette calls Her spinning wheel, her smile, and her soft handsThey were there first, where the hourglass ...
  • The image is of the midday sky, with a half-moon

    Halfway through the dayI was neither half asleepNor half awake Fragments of midnightFloated in my half-empty coffeeWhen the midday sunBisected the middleOf my imaginary ...
  • The image is of a cloudy sky that has a bright opening or porthole in it and a flock of blackbirds are flying toward the hole

    I’m leavingThrough that porthole in the cloudsAnd flying away from the maddening crowd I’m avoidingThose tiresome tyrants, Who cover up new blood stains,And drown ...
  • There are 2 images. The image is a photo of the back of my blue denim jacket and the right image, is a photo of the front of my Geelong Writers Inc blue T-Shirt

    Tick-tock, it is manuscript timeMy zine is not in decline Line after lineMy quill slowly winds From the aromatic pinesTo the soothing brine A ...
  • The image is of daytime waning moon, that is barely visible in a cloudy sky

    Oh, my waning moon.Where are you?I cannot hear you.My eyes are open,I cannot see you Oh, my waning moon.Where have you gone?I cannot find ...