Poets!... Patricia Carragon, Minal Sarosh, Ram Chandran, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Darrell Petska, ayaz daryl nielsen, Peggy Dugan French, and Judith Nielsen!...

 

poet Patricia Carragon, Brooklyn, New York...

      festive snowflakes dance

      giant wooden soldiers guard

      gingerbread mansion

                             inflatable Santa

                             keels over railing

                             too much eggnog

            kids' eyes as bright as

            Dyker Heights Christmas lights

            Brooklyn does Disney

      poet Minal Sarosh, Gujarat, India...

      cold wind

      the Christmas tree twinkling

      in the window

                       New Year's Day

                       even the balloons want

                       to float till the clouds

 poet Ram Chandran, Madurai, India...

         sky is there, moon is there 

         clouds and winds too

         not my little star

                           extending rainbow...

                           migrating birds

                           flying in unison

  poet Roberta Beach Jacobson, Indianola, Iowa...

        how far 

        must we travel       no space

        to be foreign         for old flames

                                new fireplace

   poet Darrell Petska, Middleton, Wisconsin...

    the blizzard rages

    beneath the doorsill

    a puddle trickles

                brushing last night's snow

                from her gravestone's little lamb

                deep silence

                           groundhog's shadow

                           grandpa's gnarly cane

                           thump thump thumping

poet ayaz daryl nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

   The bear in heavy fur licks its lips and

   dreams the taste of berries on bushes.

  Wild flower seeds waiting below white-

   washed chapels of frozen snow listen

   to voices of wild geese and wood ducks

   carried within early morning chinook winds.

   Humbled, I pour a second cup of coffee,

   again renew my promise to keep the

   wondrous faith of this earth and my

   loved ones, and add a splash of cream.

    poet/editor Peggy Dugan French, Cardiff, California...

   poet Judith Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

                      for other

                       for us

                      for once

                       for all

                      for love

                 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!... Patricia Carragon, Mary Jo Balistreri, Minal Sarosh, Nancy L. Dahl, Mary Oliver and Peggy Dugan French, Mona Bedi, Karen O'Leary, Pawel Markiewicz, Cathy Porter, and, Susan Cooper!

 "Poetry!  People (and kitties) need their poetry, Mister Editor!  And we'll begin with poet and editor Patricia Carragon, our 'that girl from Brooklyn'!"

"And! When we've completed this post, everyone will have their very own favorite treats!", mew assistant editors Frosty, and, Tama!...

poet Patricia Carragon, Brooklyn, New York...

Christmas Cat Haiku

sparkling lights

dazzle Christmas tree

cat spins into action

---

Christmas tree

becomes the cat tree

timberrrrr!

---

Frosty the Snowman

body parts scatter on lawn

cat blames dog

Hanukkah Kitty Haiku

kosher kitty

spins the dreidel

wins more treats

---

Hanukkah lights

shadow of the cat

nibbling on latkes

---

cattitude

escalates on Hanukkah

oy vey iz mir

poet Mary Jo Balistreri,

Waukesha, Wisconsin...

first light 

two sandhill cranes bugle

in unison

---

just before dawn

Pleiades opens the sky

                  the warbler's melody

---

wet sheets

snap on the line-

chickadee song

poet Minal Sarosh, Gujarat, India...

autumn picnic

ants picking up the cherry

before I can

---

unlocking...

did the mannequin

just smile at me?

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

Words to Live By

.inside job

.knowing

.right from wrong

---

.moments are all we have

.live in the Now

.do your best always

---

.do it right

.the first time

.if not  repeat repeat repeat

from Peggy Dugan French, Cardiff, California... 

poet Pawel Markiewicz, Podlaski, Poland...

butterflies in flight

tender winglet in the rhythm

of the falling rain

---

butterfly's winglet

- gentle touching of nectar

that I want to taste

     poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

Flat tire

Empty Trunk

I'll spare you

The details

---

Traffic backed up

Turkey jaywalking

---

Early December

Bare trees

First snowfall

On hold

poet Karen O'Leary, West Fargo, North Dakota...

"pizza delivery"

my tip a glass of wine

and a kiss

---

poet Mona Bedi, Delhi, India...

apple salad

    the scent of autumn   

    from mom's kitchen

---

insomnia

just the thoughts

of you

---

placebo-

how soothing

the words of a stranger

poet Susan Cooper...

So the shortest day came, and the year died,

And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world

Came people singing, dancing poetry

To drive the dark away.

                 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!... Ram Chandran, John McDonald, Mary Jo Balistreri, Julie A. Dickson, Patricia Carragon, t. kilgore splake, Adrian Bouter, Judith Nielsen, and Pawel Markiewicz!...

 

    Assistant Editor's Kitty 

   Kali and Frosty, mewing,

    "Poetry, Mister Editor!

      Poets, readers, and    

        kitties all need

        today's purring   

            poetry!"...

Yes, we certainly do!  And! We'll begin with poet Ram Chandran, Madurai, India...

     under sickle moon

     bumper crop

                       awaiting harvest

 the flavour of tea-

 the nimble fingers          sunset

 of the beautiful girls       boatman's pole

                                lengthens

 poet John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland...                   (in Scots and English)

      faur aff lichtnin      far off lighting      

      troot                    trout

      lowpin                  leaping

anely hersel                 only herself

an the Yule cactus-  and the Christmas cactus-

lanely covid blues       lonely covid blues

      blythefou swalliae    happy swallow

      loosen throuch       looping through

      a mairchless lift     a borderless sky

 poet Mary Jo Balistreri, Waukesha, Wisconsin...

      just before dawn

      Pleiades opens the sky   

      the warbler's melody

                      first light

                      two sandhill cranes bugle

                      in silhouette

             autumn picnic

             ants picking up the cherry

             before I can

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

 

        Shared

        Homeless, reminder of full belly,

        warmth sparse refuge provides

        barest shelter, man and rodent,

 

        shared forage of nuts, occasional

        bread crumbs, wizened hands

        that don't mind the company.

   poet Patrica Carragon, Brooklyn, New York...

  like cat's eyes

  doors to inner space

  open and shut              Kerouac kitty

                                poems unravel

                                like toilet paper

           feline etiquette

           humans must cater to cats

           never vice versa

Assistant editors, mewing,

'Our Brooklyn girl, Patricia Carragon, has earned several kitty kisses accompanied by 

       juicy kitty licks!"

  

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

     lost on treadmill journey

    endless minutes and miles

  escaping deeper into nowhere

                      early morning ambush

                      sudden view of reality

                    bathroom mirror reflection

          gust of November wind

           rattling bare branches

            taste of snow in air

 poet Adrain Bouter, Gouda, the Netherlands...

   homegrown

   poems in and out

   of reach             yarn ball

                          the cat stretching lazily

                          but just enough...

        lovesick moon

        one heartbeat away

        from being full

   poet Judith Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...

       Winter Buddha

       Statue of Buddha

       sits peacefully

       beside the front door   

       now wearing a crown

       of freshly blown snow

                        Ghost Dance

                      tall, leafless aspen

                        cast evening shadows

                        across the frozen lake

                        sudden gust of and

                        and ghosts are dancing

                           over the water

   poet Pawel Markiewicz, Podlaski, Poland...

   butterflies in flight

   tender winglet in the rhythm

   of the falling rain

          

                     butterfly's winglet

                     - gentle touching of nectar

                     that I want to taste

                 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)