poets!... John Grey, Don Ryan, Lisa Reynolds, Patricia Carragon, Angelee Deodhar, Peggy Dugan French and Toni Morrison, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Rachael Ikins and Cato, Judith Nielsen!...

 poet John Grey, Johnstown, Rhode Island...

   below the surface         edge of the pond

   a cloud of fish            bright fish gather

   safe with me               mouths say please

       poet Don Ryan, Chicago, Illinois...

    The best thing about you

      Speaks within you

         And is heard in your smile.

             Stop telling me

               To pull up my bootstraps

                  When I'm walking barefooted.

 

   poet Lisa Reynolds, Ajax, Ontario...

                    when lips 

                    are sealed

                    the eyes speak

      if only

      our last kiss

      had been our first

                              one day

                              sacrifice

                              will make sense

   poet Patricia Carragon, 'that Brooklyn girl'...

 crocuses rise

 daffodils yawn

 tulips sleep until April    in ashes

                               Brigid's blessings

                               the crocus listens

        from her perch

        feline eyes follow you

        et tu, humane?

             poet Angelee Deodhar...

      relearning how

      to change the umpteenth diaper

      the arthritic granny

                             spring morning

                             cyclists lean into

                             mountain mist

         poet/editor Peggy Dugan French

           and poet Toni Morrison...        

   

        poet Juanita Torrence-Thompson,                       Bayside, New York...

   RAINY DAYS HAIKU

 

   On rainy days we

   Popped popcorn near the stove and

   Did crossword puzzles.

                      SPRING RAIN HAIKU

                       A rainy spring day

                       Beckons Rita Dove poems

                       While sipping cocoa.

 Assistant editors Frosty and Tama, "More poetry, Mister Editor!  Kitties and peoples need even more poetry!  And! Special treats!"...

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

 Just another 

 Snickerdoodle morning

 Soft and sweet              

                           Freshly brewed coffee

                           Saturday Farmer's Market

                           Let's go

Noble assistant editor Frosty:  And we have a picture of poet Rachael Ikin's kitty Cato!...

  poet Judith Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

        Each Day

      each day a poem

        breeze ruffling my hair

        a glimpse of mountains

        behind floating cloud silhouettes

        afternoon sun through window

        falling across the empty pages

        waiting on my desk

  

                     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 and/or 

                  darylayaz@me.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!... John R Parsons, Jeanne Shannon, Nancy L. Dahl, Judith Partin Nielsen, Julie A. Dickson, Patricia Carragon, James Penha, t. kilgore splake, and Mary Jo Balistreri!...

 poet John Parsons, E. Sussex,               

                               United Kingdom...

in this old leather 

coat a coin now        as the fox arcs

                           over tussocks, its tail     out of date too

                           completes the flow

            standing on hills

            beneath the cold grey skies

            heartened by the rise

            and soar of a buzzard

  poet Jeanne Shannon,               

                         Albuquerque, New Mexcio...

              Bee Songs

              I thought I was alone

              in the shimmering

              sunlight of the orchard

              then I came near

              the flowering peach tree

              and heard

              the hum of multitudes

              among its blossoms

Noble assistant editor Tama, mewing, "More poets, Mister Editor!  Kitties and peoples need much more poetry!  And! Appropriate treats!"

    poet Nancy L. Dahl, Ypsilanti, Michigan...

 TIMES ARE HARD RIGHT NOW...BUT REMEMBER

 THE WHOLE WORLD

 'IS IN ON IT'

                      WE CAN PUT A SMILE

                      ON SOMEONE'S FACE

                      WITH A WINK OF AN EYE

  poet Judith Partin Nielsen,       

                           Longmont, Colorado...

          Each Day

          each day a poem

          breeze ruffling my hair

          a glimpse of mountains

          behind floating cloud silhouettes

          afternoon sun through the window

          falling cross the empty pages

               waiting on my desk

    poet Julie A. Dickson, Exeter, New Hampshire...

           Even behind closed eyes,

           I can still see the full moon

           etched on my retinas, beneath

           my eyelids like indelible

           marker on a windshield

poet Patricia Carragon, Brooklyn, New York...

    on a blanket of leaves

    neighborhood kittens

    play hide-and-seek     Kerouac kitty 

                                poems unravel

                                like toilet paper

         poet James Penha, Bali, Indonesia...

    volume and pages:

    a book is for all seasons

    a measure of mind

     

                      arranging ourselves

                      across music of the spheres

                      the maestro awaits

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

   soft morning light

  fresh violet blossoms

   praying to the sun   

                          early morning mist

                          dew on spider webs

                        hanging in river shadows

 poet Mary Jo Balistreri, Waukesha, Wisconsin...

       Wind soughs through the evergreens.

       A black feather floats down.

                     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 and/or 

                  darylayaz@me.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!... Angelee Deodhar, Peggy Dugan French, Anna Akhmatova, Rachael Ikins, Lisa Reynolds, Heather Sager, Rochelle Cohen, Judith Partin Nielsen, Dennis Rhodes, and Native American Prayer!...

   Angelee Deodhar and ayaz daryl nielsen...

   poet Peggy Dugan French, Cardiff, California...

    palms at dusk

    a slow tango                a lonely night

    with the evening sky       missing you

                                   but not

           church parking lot

           all the cars

           socially distanced

   poet Anna Akhmatova...

   And the road running easy and white,

   In emerald thickets is lost to sight,

   I don't know where it will end. . .

           The poplars give off a damp smell.

           I notice it all as if it were new.

           I say nothing, and am ready, as well,

           Earth, to become, once again, you.

poet Rachael Ikins, Baldwinsville, New York...

        April Dusk

        A good-natured rudeness of geese

      Vanishes into the horizon,

        Shouting their way north.

I opened my window today and my cats are           bonkers with the scent of fresh air.

Noble assistant Kitty Kali, mewing: "Mister Editor, open all our windows!"

      poet Lisa Reynolds, Ajax, Ontario...

      when lips            if only

      are sealed           our last kiss

      the eyes speak      had been our first

    poet Heather Sager, Mundelein, Illinois...

         Morning

         First frost shivers grass, a chill

         on air, and, as I round the horizon

         the blue-sky disc of moon aloft.

   poet Rochelle Cohen, Marlton, New Jersey...

   Perseverance lands

   To search for life on the planet

   Greeted by Martians

                    Never gone from me                                 Mind molecules find the path

                    Dreams are maps to you

            Paws swaddle kitten

            Mother bond with affection

            Oxytocin love

Noble assistant editor Kitty Kali, mewing, 

"Extra treats for Rochelle, and! For the blessing of oxytocin!"

  poet Judith Partin Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

              All The Way Home

              He walked a mile

              through the snowstorm

              just to hold my hand

              all the way home

     poet Dennis Rhodes, Naples, Florida...

    Thought I had a heart attack.

    Turned out to be gas.

    I look at it this way:

    death gave me a pass.

                        Years ago I got

                        divorced from reality.                               Still paying alimony.

    Let me learn the lessons

    You have hidden in every leaf and rock.

                     Native American Prayer

  

                      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 and/or 

                  darylayaz@me.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)