Plum Tree Tavern

by John Hawkhead winter sun blue notes in a minor key fresh snow

by Connor Orrico as dusk settles in Fontaine hamlet the Equus bray

by Anannya Uberoi an apple tree plunging, the elm parroting, a gamble of eggs

by M.J. Iuppa This country air smells heavy & strangely thick— green fumes of cabbage— a whole field never picked, but left to expo...

by Terrence Sykes upon my stone wall lizard flashes rainbow tail seasons come early what do you forage dandelions plucked for lunch ...

by Yash Seyedbagheri At the end of Sunset Drive where the road curves pines rise black shadows sky a deep velvet frogs calling Venus...

by Martha Landman Rain forced in by Antarctic winds drenches pepper trees, oaks and fern. Lorikeets’ green, yellow and red defy the su...

by Kathleen Brewin Lewis Leaves of the banana tree, gravid with fresh rain. One touch, they spill their catch. Green day born and bapti...

by Kathleen Brewin Lewis Thin light of morning. Aubade of the house wren, aroma of magnolia. Spiderwebs, brown hawk in the sky. Green ...

by JS Absher early spring lambs in the shadow of a vulture's wing

by Kevin McGowan bazaar of spices stemming from musky heartwood

by Lynn Finger Zebra-tailed lizards skim under buckled mesquite, soft sounds on dry river sand.

by Michael Estabrook the sky with all its blue tumbling down through the branches and leaves of the trees reaching all the way to the g...

by Elizabeth Sams barn owl in a crevice in the Douglas Fir as dusk falls

by Luther Allen single bloom winter garden the pearl moon

by Roberta Beach Jacobson in the center of the pasture a lone tree of crows

by Susan N Aassahde bramble platoon jazz lemon twist Kingfisher panic keg

by Madison Zehmer tell me again how seaweed aches for breath, how the fawn cries out for its mother, how snakes wrap around oak. show ...

by Ray Greenblatt Marmalade moon burns in mauve sky. Cold frames filled with gold Incan masks as first sunlight fills trees.

by Yash Seyedbagheri up and down Sunrise Drive Garden Valley Idaho, hills rise and fall dip and curve a soft rain falls light gray clo...

by Veronika Zora Novak a monkey's hiss that is not there . . . dusk in bamboo

by Marilyn Dancing Deer Ward Hawthorn hedge deep in darkness Dunnocks chirp

by Ray Greenblatt Crows on swaying wires rule the early morning. A stroke of gulls against distant woods across the Great Elk River. ...

by Stew Jorgenson A robin has returned with spring as I sit here this morning not thinking about it just listening to the eart...

 by Colin James It hardly ever seems under duress just expands or contracts, evaporates or condenses at its environment's indulgenc...

by Philip C.  Kolin A cortège of black clouds, They sweep acrosss A frightened sky. Gloom calls them To a country of corpses-- Foule...

by Carl Mayfield the daffodils are back with their version of the story

by Lucy Chae past the foothills where timber rattlesnakes meander in fat, lazy lines and dogwoods lie unblossomed, the narrow clearings...

by Ron. Lavalette high winds all night long —mesmerizing lullaby— first week of April

by Roberta Beach Jacobson in the Maple trees where winter was spring

by Christina Chin wind dies a coconut branch snags the bullfinch kite

by José Stelle Moon out and a forced lull. No woozy waterspout Dragging the fractured sea To a dark rage. The hacked, wrecked hulls ...

by Veronika Zora Novak weeping till we no longer dream . . . winter koi

by Roberta Beach Jacobson late December shivering spirits of the cornfields

by Padmini Krishnan patch of blue amongst dark clouds the hidden hyacinth

by Yash Seyedbagheri Up Sunrise Drive sun illuminates hills of white air crisp and still shadows of pine trees zigzag in leftover snow ...

by Carl Mayfield       no post card       can do it:                    mountain peak                    knowing where to stop

by Wesley D. Sims A squirrel sits upright on hind legs amid a patch of lavender, lilies, and goldenrod as though trying to select a bo...

by Corey D. Cook Red and white bobber pins the sky’s reflection to the surface of the lake, an expanse of light blue borrowed from Sisl...

by Carl Mayfield Standing on the escarpment, city pollution at eye level. In the valley below fossil fuels are pushing their weight ar...

by Craig Kennedy Gregorian chant, burning wood, the midnight blue Croton River frozen thick and bittersweet, congealed near Orchard Roa...

by Kathryn Ganfield Canada geese break their vee into a sine curve. Four lag behind, beating hard to regain the flock that wends northe...

by Carl Mayfield soaring raven painting the sky black

by M.J. Iuppa This winter there will be no winter—only snow mixed with rain— the filthy kind of slush that gets thick in the smear o...

by Susan N Aassahde snow crumpet plaza nettle mash rain stalactite dentist

by David Chorlton  Cactus wrens mark distance by their calls. Winter sparrows come out from seclusion, and the sun is a spirit cl...

by Christina Chin desert superbloom the call of skylark sitting in the sun

by Veronika Zora Novak shaped by mountain fog . . . a raven's caw

by Andre Le Mont Wilson coyote darts across Bear Creek Road faces the sun

by Walker Abel At daybreak in desert two ravens on rock moon still up in west. Hills wrinkled deep with shadow. When the birds fly no...