Poets!... Ram Chandran, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Kevin O'Connor, Joe Sebastian, normal, Cathy Porter, Jeanne Shannon, and, Steve Ausherman!...

    Noble assistant editor Kitty Kali, mewwwwing...  "Poetry, Mister Editor! People and kitties need        their poetry! and then! their treats!!!"   

Yes, noble assistant!  And we'll begin with poet           Ram Chandran, Madurai, India...

    like a drop of ocean

    in the rain

    I am and I am not

                          after a bit of dilemma   

                          the cloud

                          reveals the rain

            repeated loud horn-

            a trucker enjoys

            his musical skills

         

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

     Waiting 

     With coy patience

     Beach day          Warm coffee

                      Morning sun lights up                          Sweet clover fields

         Never 

         skip cappuccino

         life is too short

                Getting up in PJs

                Not knowing what will happen    

                Until it's over

   poet Kevin O'Connor, Tinley Park, Illinois...

                      Twilight

                  At purple twilight

         the moon kneels upon the glen                   

                the owl pays witness

      poet Joe Sebastian, Chennai, India...

  aging

  their different ways

  oak and pine            mirrored in

                               the baby's eyes

                              mom's smile

          pond stillness

          the swan call

          held by the lake

      poet normal, Saugerties, New york...

      in meditation i try to save the world

      around me, time sinks & sinks

      the world sails by.

      am i the same fool who attempts to

      water the field with an eye dropper?

      the world sinks

      i hold by course.

    poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

    Half moon

    Through my window

    Owes me

    The other half           Blinking bushes

                                Late summer

                                Firefly party

              One star in the sky

              Teases me home

    poet Jeanne Shannon, Albuquerque, New Mexico...

   Overcast skies.

   Sunflowers uncertain

   which way to turn.

                            Monsoon season:

                            rain falling

                            with little paw-clicks

                            on the roof

     poet Steve Ausherman, Albuquerque, New Mexico...

  Flirty hummingbirds flit

    Above me as I walk the trail.

 My grumpy spirit renewed.

         A flash of Obsidian, white and blue

          Careens through the thick trees.

                                    Magpie!

                 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!... Mona Bedi, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Peggy Dugan French, Joe Sebastian, Sarah Mahina Calvello, S. Ram Chandran, John J. Parsons, Judith Nielsen, and, Mrs. Minal Sarosh!...

 

 poet Mona Bedi, Delhi, India...      

     true love

     he even likes            pandemic scare

     her wrinkles             my new passport

                                   unstamped

        teardrops dissolving in raindrops

  poet Juanita Torrence-Thompson,    

                            Bayside, New York...

MY SHANGRI-LA

Sky pink, peach, white, gray...    

hills midnight blue...trees jade green...

. . . white fog scatters past my gazebo.

Problems melt into nature's vista.

Like being in church, but no one judges.

I stare into blue-green panorama as cool rains

slice humidity here in my Shangri-la.

           poet Peggy Dugan French, Cardiff, California...

         Picasso by the door

            it's been there for decades

            a simple gesture

            flowers

            from one to another

  Peggy...

                 looks of love

                 how they change

                 with the passage of time

     poet Joe Sebastian, Chennai, India...

       new neighbor

       my puppy's welcome pee

       on their car tires

                        afternoon siesta

                        settling into the rhythm

                        of dad's rocking chair

  swept in 

  the hospice revolving door

  autumn leaves

                               shallow lake

                               two crows flying

                               one upside down

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

      Waiting

      With coy patience      Never

      Beach day               Skip cappuccino

                                 Life is too short

           Getting up in PJ's

           Not knowing what will happen                      Until its over

    poet S Ram Chandran, Madurai, India...

   lazy afternoon

   a beetle

   friends with flowers 

                       footprints

                       appear and vanish

                       a walk along the seashore

         in starlight...

         searching

         my lost dreams

poet John J Parsons, Hastings, United Kingdom...

                overhead a pair

                of geese wing tip to tip

                adjust their curves

          

  poet Judith Nielsen, Longmont, Colorado...  

          Longing

        to enter 

          that fortress of stone

          to be seen

          and known and needed

          for even those things

          that are lacking.  To

          climb its towers of beauty

          and open its ornate doors

          that lead deeper and deeper

          into the paths of belonging.

    poet Mrs. Minal Sarosh, Gujarat, India...

      city citizen

      the sparrow flies in

      with twigs

                          noon sun

                          the frog's croak echoes

                          in the well

         morning mist

         a heart on

         the train window

                 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)