Plum Tree Tavern

by Jeff Burt One fragile egret a low, slow acetylene trace against the blackboard of twilight

by Pepper Trail On the banks of the Saigon River, a Buddhist ceremony, the red-clad priest tipping fish from bright blue bins into the w...

by Suzanne Cottrell Morning flit, flutter Frenzy at bird feeder Chickadee alights on limb Waiting its turn Loose seeds sprinkle Powde...

by Joe Cottonwood A great gray cloud from the coconut islands floats across the Pacific with a stop at Hawaii (who wouldn’t?) and then ...

by Jeff Burt Burdock, buckthorn, white cormus, rosehips, vaccinium, red edible currants, white elderberry, arronia, chokeberries, such ...

by Jamie O’Connell shipwrecked shoreline / waves blued by fire / black pebble sun splits sea / / how sun feeds sea / bones, fl...

by M.J. Iuppa How seemingly steady— this sift of snow gracing rows up- on rows of apple trees holding their pointe, like Degas’s tiny ...

by Taylor Graham Atop a tall pine, in sagacious gray robes the bird presides, ringing out his name to all the surrounding peaks: Clark’s...

by Joe Cottonwood Flash of lightning with paws Puma! furry limber legs of muscle — scrambling up a roadcut Gone — an instant vani...

by Robin Smith red chokeberry bush-- the titmouse and the blue jay take turns

by Melissa Kelly Snow covered mountain top The blue and greys mixing Blended into the white top Tip touches the cloud masses Thin the ...

by Taylor Graham Last night a light rain washed with wood- smoke-fog took the pasture. Silence. Then frantic barking above highway fence...

by Erin Geil It seemed that overnight Those tall skinny lives Had left us to our own Devices, but the reality Is that they died long a...

by Connye Griffin Drum clock out as morning warms, Hammers stowed ‘til dusk, but One missed the memo. He labors on Driven to erase all ...

by Michael H. Brownstein Clouds mark tracks across an arm of sky; Blue water pools near the banks, Grey-green storms of current stretch ...

by Todd Mercer When on fire the present’s paramount. There may have been a meteor to blame, a comet crashed into the far taiga, or an...

by Margaret Chula Begin by thinking like a snake.  Seek out shafts of sunlight on rock face, boulder, meadow grass. Slither through kno...

by Michael H. Brownstein This morning we woke to orange smog streetlamps, in the pale blue skin of sky, a shape of white washed shadow:...

by Anita Sullivan Frog! No! Two assumptions in a split skirmish. Second stomps out first like a fire although they emerge as one. ...

by David Chorlton Because it lives so far away from you and you’re unlikely ever to see one, you won’t miss the Ruffed grouse if it sh...

by Sarah Henry Bison thrive in winter, with strong humps and dense coats like walls of fur. A bison plows snow seriously. His head’...

by Carl Mayfield no sound        from the juniper      as the crow lands

by Edward Ahern The shoal sour dries in wind drifts as the leavings of the ebb come into view. Shell piles here, sand there, rimmed by ...

by David Chorlton From Spinebill, Stonechat and Sapphire to the Leafbird, Lory and Linnet birds are named where language turns to music...

by Marissa Glover Wait for the season to plant—warm soil; water well. The vine will take root. Harvest carefully: Yellow-brown, half-...

by Samara Golabuk Tannin stains the riverbed with the waters' carmine flow. Strings of weeds— undine's pleistocene strands— po...

by Carl Mayfield White- crowned sparrows at first light pick up their shadows and go

by  Jude Cowan Montague Two huge hares leap like glory through the tufts. They go left, they go right, in search of food. The light is...

by Terrence Sykes turmeric & ginger copper early dusk along the Vltava faded rose moon reluctantly tendrils across ashened stars...

by Samara Golabuk What staticky mud is skin. Be thou not a germophobe, worlds are we. Biomes. The grandmothers know, we are moths pinn...

by Paul Waring September sparks the rush: razor-eyed sprees to stock and store as autumn opens for business. Summer retires, goodbyel...

by Adam Levon Brown Sugar-shocked Preamble for decadence is swung triangularly south for the Winter greed Ducks flock eastward, boundin...

by Lindy Le Coq hyper-action birds dance with waves at oceans edge gleaning intently cha-cha out with tide about-face and quick-step ...

by José Stelle The ducks must have flown, Beating their wings in the night. Ripples on slate and a light breeze Cannot console the bare...

by Kerry Kelly Ancient cliffs embrace the crushing sea's foamy wrath. Under the misty panes of ebbing tide green weeds glide, hoveri...

by Peggy Turnbull sky’s soft brush gray-feathered wet as dew plow-etched earth between dark seams of grass sturdy brown strips of...

Road Back Man Rock Caribou

by Lynda Lambert wintry nights frozen Maple branches ensnared curled russet leaves weaving on a silvery weft

by Stefanie Bennett Because happenstance likes to play truant the colour of the smoke-house is indigo... twirling much as a praye...

by Lindy Le Coq tide flat migrant flock knee deep in muck - long straight bills probe deeply for feed subarctic breeder winter coast-...

by Kristin Berger Caught in the throat             collard dove remembers a map south             survival script song locates tree th...

by Atul Kumar Nayyar Deep river changes course, Mighty mountains shift, Live oceans Become deadly deserts I never knew. Sun gets sha...

by Steve Briske You breathe in They breathe out You breathe in They breathe out That is the rhythm of life in the coordinated age Ass...

by Kristen Berger Tell me which bird wakes first. The meadowlark’s throated plea or the wren’s woodlot concerto, mourning dove releasin...

Jacob Parsons The wound is still raw A fire ripped through yesterday This place is muted now and alien and wrong Only the basic shape ...

French Kiss A leap of faith. Jezebel drinks

by Paula Weld-Cary A swarm of crows thick as a cave wall hundreds this afternoon swooping, cawing, shouting like a mob of miners in re...

by Aaron Conklin Decrepit buildings strangled with ivy, crestfallen roofs penetrated by water, saturating then drying, corroding plaster...

by Alan Britt Creepers weld hinges to darkness. Sunlight corrals clouds into Leipzig Stallions nudging & bobbing for angelic attentio...