assistant editors Frosty and
Tama: "it's Halloween, Mister Editor! And we've just the kitty
to create a post for us!
Karla Linn Merrifield's Bastet!"
mighty fine, noble assistants... let's be about it!!
Tama: "it's Halloween, Mister Editor! And we've just the kitty
to create a post for us!
Karla Linn Merrifield's Bastet!"
mighty fine, noble assistants... let's be about it!!
Bastet... "Thank you! Happy mewing and plentiful treats for all this Halloween! And, surprise! We begin with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi..."
Love is the strongest force the world possesses,
and yet it is the humblest imaginable.
And, now! The poets and poems of bear creek haiku print pub. #159...
poet Celine Rose Mariotti, San Francisco,
California...
A Dream
The nighttime comes poet David Schreibman
I fall asleep, San Francisco, California...
I see things in my dreams,
Sometimes my dreams I hear coyote
Predict the future. Joyful urban encounter
Other times I see loved ones of kindred spirits.
Who have passed away,
They're smiling,
I see it all in my dreams. poet r. soos,
Joshua Tree, California...
just like my poems
the songs of coyotes
lack truth when written
Now, our 'often annoying neighbor kitty'
insists we share with you a photo
of the lady she shares her home with... (!)
assistant editor Kitty Kali: "I saw her buzzing around the neighborhood a bit ago, so, she's improved her technique, and the tree, also, will recover"...
from the cover of
bear creek haiku #159,
poet Martha Christina,
Bristol, Rhode Island...
OCTOBER ARRIVES
Overnight
the weather
turned cool enough
for hot soup and tea.
My cat, named
for this month,
settles on my lap,
and I'm grateful
for the comfort
of her added warmth.
The Buddha
6th Century B. C. E.
Think of all this fleeting world;
A star at dawn, a bubble in the stream
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
Native American Prayer
Let me learn the lessons
You have hidden in every leaf and rock.
Shona Prayer (Zimbabwe)
Who sews the heaven like cloth:
May you knit together that which is below.poet Dennis Rhodes, Naples, Florida
Two united souls
can weather any challenge poet Sarah Mahina Calvello
life has to offer. Shelton, Connecticut
Two united souls Two white butterflies
share life and death together Spin lazily around my green tea cup.
Eternally bound. Today's going to be good.
Let's unite our souls.
Forever.
poet Judith Partin-Nielsen
Longmont, Colorado
frisky burning brown
smoke clouds at dusk
dark, blazing sunset
disappearing into the colours
of flame
assistant editor Frosty, "above poem from
our beloved Judith..."
and! poet Teresinka Pereira,
Ottawa Hills, Ohio...
...of more importance...
Today I will not work, I will just live.
I decree that my testimony
about this week will be liberation
from the hard duty of
being present on this planet.
Today I'll discover
I've centuries
in my genes and my
polymorphism is vain,
perhaps, but authentic.
I will not be surprised that
today I'll feel of more
importance than
even the sunset.
last! from dear friends at Faerie Magazine, we'll all have a funtastic Halloween because the Moon Princess will be all about our safety and happiness!
...of more importance...
Today I will not work, I will just live.
I decree that my testimony
about this week will be liberation
from the hard duty of
being present on this planet.
Today I'll discover
I've centuries
in my genes and my
polymorphism is vain,
perhaps, but authentic.
I will not be surprised that
today I'll feel of more
importance than
even the sunset.
last! from dear friends at Faerie Magazine, we'll all have a funtastic Halloween because the Moon Princess will be all about our safety and happiness!
see you in a moment...
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