poets!... Kelley Jean White, John McDonald, Cathy Porter, Julie A Dickson, Carl Mayfield and C. D. Kjobech, Jane Stuart, Pogo, Judith Partin-Nielsen, and Nancy L Dahl!...

 poet Kelley Jean White,                  

                     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

   Memorial Day--

   each day the lilacs

   grow sweeter              spun cocoon

                                who wait

                                inside?

Noble assistant editor Tama, mewing,  "Mister Editor, this post took off on it's own, without us! Without treats!!"

And I say, Tama, IT'S ALL RIGHT!    We'll all have our treats when it's complete!...

  poet John McDonald, Edinburg, Scotland...

  in english and a genre John loves: Gaelic!

   wind                    wund

   through the ghetto...   throuch the backlans

   raspy saxophone       ...rispy saxyphone

      wet morning-      dreich mornin-     

      umbrellas          umberellaes

      mushrooming      mushrooming

    magpies             stuckies       

    roosting -          reestin -

    the day's gossip    the day's blethers

     poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

     In the distance        One-eyed dog

     A mandolin            Finds my porch

     Sings me home         Jackpot

     Bluegrass revival       For us all

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

           Trilliums trill

           as trumpets raise   rejoicing

           in the springtime dew

         

    poets Carl Mayfield and C. D. Kjobech,             Rio Rancho, New Mexico...

Blank Look #147

         can't see 60 in the rear view mirror                             the face in the mirror

         sporting wrinkles

         where directions

         lose their way

         a voice within

         humming a three note song

         no bird

         would ever touch

       

   poet Jane Stuart, Flatwoods, Kentucky...

             how quiet the moon

             on summer nights

             when rain begins to trickle

             tree to tree

             thunder wakes our stormy love

the wind horse rises

up through feathered clouds

disappearing in the moon

         poet Pogo   hwy 50 grassy berm                cotopaxi, colorado...

        with her water-warble song--

        flitting through brittle grass

        a vermillion-breasted thrush

        came today in the gray  and

        the silent sifting snow--

        came to reassure me...

          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 Nancy L. Dahl, Ypsilanti, Michigan...

WHEN I READ A POEM

...MY THOUGHTS...THE WRITER...

IS   THE WRITING   FROM THE HEART

THERE IS A SPACE   WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN

AND SHARE   THIS TIME WITH THE READER

THEIR   THOUGHTS   THAT COMES TO BE A POEM

A POEM   FROM THE HEART

A MESSAGE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED

THE READER MAY  SAY TO   THEMSELVES         

'I ALSO HAVE BEEN THERE'

A POEM FROM THE HEART

                 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!... Cynthia Sidrane, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Joe Sebastian, Patricia Carragon, Joe again!, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Alan Watts, Rochelle S. Cohen, and, Cathy Porter...!

assistant editors Frosty and Tama:  "Poetry, Mister Editor!  and! Extra Treats for kitties and peoples!!!"... (two kitties, and an editor, purrrrring!)...

 poet Cynthia Sidrane, Phoenix, Arizona...

       two by two

       doves come home to the ash trees

       as night settles in

       the moon is not so alone

       when it touches us with light

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

  Couldn't find my watch.

  Searched high and low. I assumed

  that time had marched on.

                           Hope

                           Goes meandering

                           But always comes home

            Unexpected

           But no need to leave

           Sit a spell

poet Joe Sebastian,

Channel, India...

    sitting quietly

    I express fully

    myself

belated wishes...
taking time to write
the right words

   dawn light

   how it fills nests

   of night birds

waxing moon

on the branches

unripe mangoes

poet Patricia Carragon,

Brooklyn, New York...

                    a graceful breeze

                    massages fingers

                    of barren branches

      poet Joe Sebastian, Chennai, India...

            counting his days
            on two and a half octaves
            of the bansuri
(bansuri-a single hollow shaft flute played in indian music)

   poet Juanita Torrence-Thompson,

                            Bayside, New York...

                EIFFEL TOWER

       The view from the Eif-

       Fel Tower is breathtaking

       And not to be missed.

                                                THE SPHINX 

                    Viewing the Sphinx is

                    A once in a lifetime gem.

                    Add to bucket list.

Alan Watts...

You are something the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing.

poet Rochelle S. Cohen, Marlton, New Jersey...

    Insomnia cure

    Counting sheep or syllables

    In haiku poems

                          Muon particles  

                          Disobey laws of physics

                          Bad boys of cosmos          

       Time Traveling                                        

   The helicopter Ingenuity

   First aircraft on Mars

   Carries stamp-sized fabric

   From wing of Wright Flyer I

   The Brothers are beaming

       poet Cathy Porter,     

       Omaha, Nebraska...

         Outside my window

         Tejano and rap

         Hip-hop, country, blues

         Rock and roll

         Diversity

         for the soul

                 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!... Keiko Izawa, Amy Hrynchuk, Patricia Carragon, Kelley Jean White, Jimmy Pappas, Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, Judith Partin Nielsen, Rachael Ikins, and, Lin and Yuki...!

poet Keiko Izawa, Yokohama, Japan...

             opening a tuna can                

             for my sandwich

             a cat at my foot

Assistant editor Frosty, mewing,

"Lucky Keiko! Sharing her poem, and! a can of tuna, with her kitty!  We are long overdue for a poetry post, Mr. Editor, and! For treats!"

Yes, noble assistant editor, we are...     first, poetry!...        and then...       treats for all!

Frosty:  "Two more poems from Keiko!"...

                    afternoon gust

                    the doorman lets in a guest                         & a sycamore leaf                                    

      mom’s smiling photo...

      how difficult    

      to take things easy

  poet Amy Hrynchuk, Sherwood Park, Canada...

           Free Flow

           Let the river flow

               Let the emotions flow

           Let the dam crumble

               Let the walls crumble

           As the river flows

               Let the tears flow

           As the dam crumbles

               Let the barriers crumble

        'that (our) Brooklyn girl!', 

                poet Patricia Carragon...

           from her perch

           feline eyes follow you

           et tu, humane?

 

                     indoor cats eyeing

                     mourning dove’s nest

                     on neighbor’s a/c 

   at day’s end

   sunset drapes bricks

   cats wait for dinner

 

                             a graceful breeze 

                             massages fingers

                             of barren branches

      poet Kelley Jean White, Philadelphia,       Pennsylvania...

         

          beneath another

          April snowfall

          a nuthatch glares

 

                      daylight savings time

                      she tugs her tricycle

                      out of the snowbank

 

          flicker of moonlight—

          caught for a moment

          by the spider’s web

                           Ikebana—

                           I want to set

                           the flowers free

poet Jimmy Pappas, Chichester, New Hampshire...

         old couple at bank still beautiful 

       first time skiing

       moose sliding

       on an icy road 

                            fire hydrant

                            a small boy

                            with arms spread

   poet Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, Mumbai, India...

          my angel has said

          the day you win your mad whim

          the devil is dead

    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

               

          Sugar Wolf Loves U

          "Sugar Wolf loves u"

          homeless poet leaves

          his calling card --

          back side of the postal box

  poet Rachael Ikins, Baldwinsville, New York...

              Toilet full of marigolds

                in a fallow cornfield

                   makes me laugh

and, last and first!          

Lin and Yuki, Keiko Izawa's rescue kitties!...

                  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)