poets!... Mary Jo Balistreri, r. soos, Rochelle Cohen, Robert Penn Warren, Rachael Ikins, Chris Helvey, Kitty Kali, Linda Amos, Patricia Carragon, Judith Partin-Nielsen, and Carl Mayfield!...

 poet Mary Jo Balistreri, Waukesha, Wisconsin...

      You give hope by showing anguish       

      behind the surface; even your demons

      were made to serve art.

     poet r. soos, Joshua Tree, California...

                                           

                                               honey

                             began in hedges

            out by the road when bees sang

                          to startled flowers

        time

        children quietly

        draw picture after picture

        in their own language

 poet Rochelle Cohen, Marlton, New Jersey...

              

             A Dutch Haiku       

              Girl with Pearl Earring

              Masterpiece by the artists

              Vermeer and Oyster

  poet Robert Penn Warren...

       The Poem ...

       is a little myth

       of man's capacity

       of making life

       meaningful.

       The poem is not

       a thing we see --

       it is, rather,

       a light by which

       we may see ...

   poet Rachael Ikins,          Baldwinsville, New York...

        Unlikely 

          Orphan

  squeezes through fence.

  Rabbit. Dog chases him,

like litter-brothers, smiling

            play.

                               I smile.

    poet Chris Helvey, Frankfort, Kentucky...

          The In-Between

           Life is like an Oreo cookie,

           you are born, and you die

           and in between is what really counts,

           all those days and nights, 

           sweet and cream on the tongue

     Rorschach Test

     In order to preserve our sanity

     we must daily ponder

     if our God actually creates

     each of us as unique creatures, 

     or if we are merely figments

     of our own imagination

        noble assistant poetry editor Kitty Kali...

         When your heart speaks,

                      write your poems.

     poet Linda Amos, York, Pennsylvania...

   spring awakening

   from the deep frozen soil

   new shoots erupting

      

                  wild daffodils dance

                  on the warm springtime breeze

                  the field a natural ballroom

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

inspiration

        from her mews

                 she scratches the page

                 feline etiquette

                 humans must cater to cats                          never vice versa

       poet Judith Partin-Nielsen,

       Longmont, Colorado...

             singles ad

            Westword Magazine

            'professional musician

            seeks woman to

            spend all my money

            wreck my truck

            and break my heart'

                        dude, you’ve found her

poet Carl Mayfield, Rio Rancho, New Mexico...

 

                           moving day:

                              ladybug

                                flies away

      last light catching

        3,000 snow geese

          landing in each other

                       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!... Lisa Reynolds, John R. Parsons, Peggy Dugan French and Henry David Thoreau, Jane Stuart, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Judith Partin-Nielsen, James B. Peters, Anthony Ward, Rachael Ikins, Julie A. Dickson, and t. kilgore splake!...

"Poetry, Mister Editor!  Even our annoying neighbor cat is on the front doorstep, yowling, 'Poetry!'", mew bear creek haiku's noble feline assistant editors...

Yes, noble assistants! let's be all about poetry, and then! Treats for all! Especially for annoying neighbor cat!...

   poet Lisa Reynolds, Ajax, Ontario... 

    tell me you love me      

    not out of habit or guilt  

    but with a rawness

    that makes me believe

                  take me to that place

                  where our days begin and end

                  with simple pleasures

                     poet John R. Parsons, 

        Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom...

           Sunken Forest

        Slowly each tide returns

         to reclaim the sunken forest

         which it knows more intimately

         than I ever could, as I stand here

         on the changing sands, shingle and

         lines of drift, immersed in my

         temporary nature of thought,

         above waves endless sound

         and horizon's eternal rim.

     poet/editor Peggy Dugan French 

                         and Henry David Thoreau...

   

      poet Jane Stuart, Greenup, Kentucky...

            After morning's rain

            Gentle morning rain--

            the grass fills with wiggle worms

            and a grasshopper

            leaping over leaves and sticks

            ...the river wind sighs

    poet Sarah Mahina Calvello,       

                 San Francisco, California...

  Right now

  the morning dew      Morning dew

  slid off the leaf       Drops off the tired leaf

                            Crows echo back

           sweet little pine tree

           under a crescent moon, wears   

              a white gown of snow

poet Judith Partin-Nielsen,

                           Longmont, Colorado...

               closing the circle

               closing the circle

               of my life

               diameter once

               vast as the horizon

               now searching for

               the radius of

               that blessed path

               leading to the

               heart of Everything

   poet James B. Peters,

  Cottontown, Tennessee...

   snow covered deck

      cat hurries out,

       cat hurries in.

       sunshine, rain,

       sunshine, snow,

        fickle nature.

       a haiku poem

   is all the snowflakes

    falling in a storm.

       a cool breeze

      on vacant sand,

       a winter beach.

  poet Anthony Ward, Durham, England...

    Light wading through the trees

    Shadows grow taller along the path

    First leading then following

                The crunch of icy puddles

                Under my weight

                Reminds me I'm not a ghost

 

 poet Rachael Ikins, Baldwinsville, New York...

    Six duckings waddle

    down a golf course. Grass-lost ball

    fools me, unhatched egg.

             Sun-flower soldier,

             squirrel-planted, twelve feet high.

             Blinks golden, fringed eyes.

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

        Spinning wheel looming

        Flax spun to gold, words shine

        Brilliant yarn of truth

                          Flowers under snow

                          Wait patiently, sleep

                          Spring sun awakens

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

      poet's wealth waiting

      at rainbow's end             

      after rain storm finished

                        early morning silence

                        campfire creating poet

                            life born in heat

                   tiny raindrop

                   wet green leaf

                 lightness of being

                       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)