Plum Tree Tavern

by Patricia Furstenberg goofy ghostly grin- still life art in orange under October moon

by Kimberly Kuchar Halloween moon a scarecrow reaches for trick-or-treaters

by Joanne Durham Dear Children, in the sugar high of fantasy,  tigers waving speckled stripes, peacocks in flannel feathers  your Mom sewed ...

by Katherine Simmons coyotes run through October moon shadows predawn dreams

 

by Marcie Wessels/ Margaret Walker fried green tomatoes just enough late summer thyme corner café blue plate special vegetable platter magno...

by Chen-ou Liu early leaf drop ... from one house to another couch surfing

by Douglas J. Lanzo floating kelp forest translucent hues of green glint in eye of storm

by Ceri Marriott  Lost pond, ghost pond, Old pond, new pond. Slimy fruited stonewort, buried in the dirt Extant, just dormant, Lurking, burs...

by Stephen A. Rozwenc  silent prayers for betrayed autumns these remaining New England trees conceal nothing   their projected limbs climb s...

by Douglas J. Lanzo balanced on old shipwreck reddish egret fades into rust

by Chen-ou Liu gray-haired exile the waves ebb and flow in a conch shell 

 

 by Ceri Marriott   Shrouded in cloud, the trees stand like silent ghosts, Guardians of this naked land, And rain falls heavily, persistentl...

by Tom Lagasse Parts of stone walls stand Men’s effort to tame nature Another god at work

by Kathryn Holeton Mayhem filled children prancing through a field of corn with the harvest moon.

by Ram Chandran starlit night the river flows towards autumn moon

by Arthur Sadrian   It was cool the night I stole away. My naked feet       tiptoed over fissured asphalt, buzzing skin pressed    between s...

by Tom Lagasse Birds chatter jazzy lines The stream gurgles a bass line I hum along

by Ram Chandran the songs of rains- not alone in this monsoon night

 by Geoffrey Aitken   news reports global change affects people   earlier for children and adolescents who we’re warned may adopt guilt or t...

by James Kangas   Queen Elizabeth (Mountbatten-Windsor)  ate jam sandwiches at teatime. I need  to go back to the park where I collected mil...

by Tom Lagasse Pine trees sway in time a chorus of bullfrog song The rocks meditate

by Ram Chandran star gazing- I remember  mom's story for each star   

 by Geoffrey Aitken   this day to day   of breathe in and out for continuing life   is difficult to support and more difficult to follow   w...

by Kathryn Holeton   Sleeping in sunlight, Bats in the attic window- hanging upside down.

by Daipayan Nair  the dragonfly  on a sunflower ...till I give up 

by Chen-ou Liu a crow perched on the bird feeder ... foreclosure sign

by Joshua St. Claire black raspberries the deer leave some for us

by Ann Chiappetta   The phenomenon of light scattering is An artifice Filtering and fooling the eye Muting the spectrum except for blue   A ...

by AE Reiff   Plenty of variables above the peaks discover cliff sheltered bays to equivocate both eye and mind above the tide of those who ...

by Jayashabari Shankar My waters are polluted, All my treasures have been looted, Plastics and trash are everywhere, They capture my fish wi...

by Douglas J. Lanzo refreshing mist remnants of thunder claps from white-frothed sea

by Joshua St. Claire tea ceremony a raccoon dips an apple in the Susquehanna

by Ceri Marriott Chilling summer's day The oaks have always been there New owner prefers stumps

by John Valentine I an old man, A dull head among windy spaces. -T.S. Eliot   Sometimes quick clearings in the night. Palimpsest, traces try...

 by AE Reiff Lost trains along the track convey the draft in flames from farms below the lines.   Giant cubes of steel out-plane and form th...

by Rongili Biswas    Love-bugs, I call them, though they have nothing to do with love. They come in late Autumn. Hordes of them. And go roun...

by Andrew Collinson Where the Tees falls off the edge Natural cold boiling guinness Violently tumbles between rocks Blundering rapidly down ...

by Ram Chandran except under a lone tree meadow full of morning sun

by Elancharan Gunasekaran  dune upon dune sand gales grasping but never catching the hawk in flight

by Jerome Berglund  why man invented fire       to cook meat Laughing Buddha

by Deborah A. Bennett the old women's eyes bloom like daisies fingers lift like lashes like the caterpillar  sliver of light against the...

by Patricia Furstenberg Days fall behind on this life Even a donkey pulls the carriage with dreams Dusty road tamed, time creased Men dancin...

by Andrew Collinson Bare gnarly oak, bank tied boulders, white water clean Newly torn limb, gone.

by Chen-ou Liu street camping alongside one stray ... then many

by Stephen A. Rozwenc In the church of the starving Crucified bread Never goes stale

by Chris Daly   I was most amazed by the way the  Attendant used the word.    For their next behavior forky and gorky  Will goose each other...

by Arianna DelMastro I wake to the birds Already singing.  Like they haven’t seen the burning trees. Like they didn’t watch us Make our brea...