Poets!... Jo Balistreri, John Grey, Jane Stuart, Sheree Mancini Brown, RUMI, John Parsons, Judith Partin-Nielsen, and, t. kilgore splake!...

Noble feline assistant editor's Frosty and Kitty Kali, mewwww-ing!  "Poetry, Mister Editor!!!  Kitties, people, even  mongrel editor's must have their poetic nourishment, Mister Editor!"...

Yes, noble assistants, so true!  And we'll begin with poem's from poet/dear friend Jo Balistreri, Waukesha, Wisconsin...

       acorns underfoot

       the crunch                        his strides on stilts

       goes for a walk                 down main street

                                                children following

            swivel hips rockin' around the clock     hula hoop

                                  John Grey, Australian poet...

         woman beloved

         rapid heartbeat                      early morning rustle

         motion sensor                        day orchestra

                                                        tuning up

                      wind through brush

                      old timer remembers

                      petticoat rustle

              poet  Jane Stuart, Flatwoods, Kentucky...

          Sloppy chickens

          fussy frogs                         White asparagus

          mixed up farm                    illuminates

                                                     the French farm

                                Grunting pigs

                                stuck in the mud

                                can't remember "out"

            poet Sheree Mancini Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio...

                               The lake rinsed my mind

                               Free of dead wood and regrets

                               I set them adrift

                                                  RUMI

          A mouth is not made for talking.

           A mouth is for tasting this Sweetness.

                                                  Feel the motions of tenderness

                                                  around you, the buoyancy. 

            poet John Parsons, Hastings, East Sussex, U K...

         beside me in the bush

          a robins bright eye              these evening woods

          reads mine                           I think I've seen before, yet 

                                                      have I seen myself

              poet Judith Partin-Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

                           Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider)

                             Blues, oh so blue

                             bluesman, Blues Brothers

                             Blessed Virgin blue -

                             blue wave, blue

                             dolphin riding - blue -

                             blue, Stevie Ray blue

                             guitar and blow that sax

                             jazz man bluesman,

                             blue, blue bluer than

                             that cold blue night

                             blue moon, blue Miles

                             blowing that blue Bitches

                             Brew, Kind of Blue, blue

                             rain, Blue Note - blue trumpet

                             blowing blue, blue

                             and so gone, gone and

                             blue blown blues away

                   poet t. kilgore splake, Calumet, Michigan...

             dark river shadows

             dancing above river mist

             disappearing in first light       

                                                           words on soft breeze

                                                           creating river ripples

                                                         flowing to distant shores 

 see you in a moment...

and, you can mail your poetry to:

                bear creek haiku

                PO Box 596

                Longmont, CO

                80502   

                USA   

                (SASE's are appreciated)

   

           

                  

Poets!... Angelee Deodhar, Cathy Porter, Linda Amos, James B. Peters, Judith Partin-Nielsen, S. Ram Chandran, t. kilgore splake, and, John McDonald!...

 Assistant editor's Kitty Kali and Frosty amidst love of poetry, mewwwwwing, "Mister Editor, we may miss National Haiku Day!  And every day needs to be lived as haiku day!  Every day, poetry! And! Every day even further enhanced with favorite extra-special treats!"...

^And!  Heartiest thank you's again, Angelee Deodhar! Always remembered, and, forever loved...^ 

    poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

   Walk in the woods

   Silence broken by

   A sigh of contentment

                Midnight drive around the lake

                The perfect time

                To run out of gas

     poet Linda Amos, York, Pennsylvania...

            the ephemeral 

   nature of all things captured 

      when trees' petals drop.

                       Birch branches dancing

                     In harmony with the night

                        Making not a sound.

  poet Jame B. Peters, Cottontown, Tennessee...

      April morning
    doves resting               in a fold of
    in the cypress               ewes and lambs

                                   one tan goat

             a woodpecker

             taking one seed

             from the feeder

             hides it in the bark

             of a maple

      poet Judith Partin-Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

       New Life

       grief--hidden, underground

       tangled like the roots

       of a tree, sometimes

       nurturing fragile new life

                              things unfold

                              as they do

                              and even in that

                              there is

                              a special beauty

    poet S. Ram Chandran, Kochadai, Madurai, India...

    moonlight 

    slowly emerging

    the silhouettes of trees

                       after a short journey

                       a chrysanthemum

                       rests on the stream bank

            rocky beach-

            far from splashing waves

            side pools of moonlight

   poet t. kilgore splake, Calumet, Michigan...

    dark forest shadows

 dancing above river mist

 disappearing in first light

                   demanding creative freedom 

                     from other writer's rules

                   making dreams come alive

          poet John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland... haiku in Scots...

voar aince mair -        spring again -

syle                        sod

aneath the nail-horns   beneath the fingernails

rugby practeese -   

they hyst'm heich    

...his haunprent agin the sin

                    rugby practice -

                    they hoist him high

                    ...his handprint against the sun

       

 see you in a moment...

and, you can mail your poetry to:

                bear creek haiku

                PO Box 596

                Longmont, CO

                80502   

                USA   

                (SASE's are appreciated)

   

           

      

Poets!... Peggy Dugan French, Julie A. Dickson (Cam and Jojo!), Cathy Porter, Michael Riedell, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Dennis Rhodes, Pawel Markiewicz, and Judith Partin-Nielsen!...

Noble assistant editor's Kitty Kali and Frosty, their love of poetry, mewwwing, "Let's do it!"

poet Peggy Dugan French, Cardiff, California...

         For You. . .

         The written word

         a poem

         a list

         a letter

         a thank you

         an invitation

         an offer

         an apology

         a wish

         a sorrow

         a hope

         a dream

     Through the years

         words

         the thread that binds us

         words

         our love song

     ****

poem from Julie A. Dickson's two kitties, Cam and Jojo!...

             mouse shivers

             pops through crack to warm up

             until cat awakes

      poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

               Pink sunset

               A hard act to follow

               Even for the stars

   poet Michael Riedell, Ukiah, California...

       our two

       pieces of pie--           

       and the whole moon

                         kindly the girl

                         explains what the old

                         woman can't read  

    poet Sarah Mahina Calvello, San Francisco, California...

     Cheese with crackers

     Peaches and nostalgia

     Letting days go by

                          That dress

                          Worn in December

                          Magic moment

           Now, 

           The dress pattern is sunflowers

           Welcoming spring

     poet Dennis Rhodes, Naples, Florida...

             My dog licks my face.

             His breath is terrible but

             no one loves me more.

     poet Pawel Markiewicz, Bielsk Podlaski, Poland...

  starlit starry night

 the sunny philosophy   

of some moony crows  

                           moony winter-end

                      crows seeing alluring moon

                          - bewitchment begun

         crows on pretty cables

     prettier - dearer - enchantment

          the prettiest spring fog

     poet Judith Partin-Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

things unfold

as they do             coulda, woulda, shoulda

and even in that        ringa, dinga, clinga   

there is                          la madre

a special beauty

        

 see you in a moment...

and, you can mail your poetry to:

                bear creek haiku

                PO Box 596

                Longmont, CO

                80502   

                USA   

                (SASE's are appreciated)

From other than the USA, email to darylayaz@gmail.com 

                   (include postal address)

Last!  If you choose to send poetry via email from within the US, that's ok, too (again, include postal address)

   

           

Poets!... Anthony Ward, Dennis Rhodes, t. kilgore splake, James B. Peters, r. soos, Judith Partin Nielsen, Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Peggy Dugan French, John McDonald, and Alan Catlin!...

Noble assistant editor Kitty Kali and her     love of poetry, mewwwing, "Let's just do it!"

from poet Anthony Ward, Durham, England...

   Winter pansies

   Flowering throughout the year

   Without a care

                      Silhouette of the sycamore

                      Surrounded by mists

                      Standing to catch my breath

     poet Dennis Rhodes, Naples, Florida...

                   breakthrough

                In an onslaught of

                momentary madness,         

               I came to love myself.

   poet t. kilgore splake, Calumet, Michigan...

      beside brautigan creek

    poet lost in steady currents

     flowing through his bones

                           light spring breeze

                          soft pine needles hum

                            creative spirit alive

           poems dropped in water

       ripples continuously spreading

        emotions traveling everywhere

 poet James B. Peters, Cottontown, Tennessee...

       blades of grass

       like growing children

       struggling

       among the fallen leaves

       of life

                            all the birds

                            of many species

                            vie for space

                            at the feeder--

                            as do we humans

       poet Judith Partin Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

      Wedding Dress

      wedding dress still hanging

      in the back of the closet

      all these glorious years

                               things unfold

                               as they do

                               and even in that

                               there is

                               a special beauty

             coulda, woulda, shoulda

                 ringa, dinga, clinga

                        la madré

 poet Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Bombon, Singapore...

            half agony

            half hope

            love unrequited

            isn't

            speechless

                        all who come before

                        all who come after         

                        the smell

                        of newly washed

                        sheets

 poet Peggy Dugan French, Cardiff, California...

                  A Winter Night

            inside

             the room is dark

             a candle burns

             we are very familiar

                         outside

                          the night stirs

                          trees rustle

                          stars shimmer

     time unfolds quickly

     we age

     we ebb and flow

     like a river

     us two

 poet John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland...                        ...SCOTS HAIKU...

 wunter morning -    winter morning - 

 a greens caw          a friend's greetings

 i the set o's breath    in the shape of his breath

       heavin up airlie -       rising early -

       the muin                  the moon

       aye leanin                still reclining

           voar's             spring's

           firie funtains    fiery fountains

           gean trees        cherry trees

   poet Alan Catlin, Schenectady, New York...

           February

   Wind all day and night.

   Near record lows all week;

   Winter without end.

                        Navigating the Interior

                        Low sky crowded

                        with flocking crows.

                        Flying East toward 

                        the park.

                        Same time every      

                        evening.

          

 see you in a moment...

and, you can mail your poetry to:

                bear creek haiku

                PO Box 596

                Longmont, CO

                80502   

                USA   

                (SASE's are appreciated)

From other than the USA, email to darylayaz@gmail.com 

                   (include postal address)

Last!  If you choose to send poetry via email from within the US, that's ok, too (again, include postal address)