poets!... Mona Bedi, Rochelle S. Cohen, Linda Amos, Cathy Porter, Nancy L. Dahl, James B. Peters, t. kilgore splake, John McDonald, and Joseph Campbell!...

        poet Mona Bedi, Delhi, India...

      on a restaurant napkin first love letter

   supper time

   we fuss over the          local fair 

   new guest              squeals of laughter

                           from the ferris wheel

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

   Cat logistician

   Plots in Situation Room

   Feline agendas             

                   Imagination

                   It's in your mind's Brigadoon

                   Where dreams awaken

         Ipanema beach

         Girl sways to ocean's rhythm

         Promise of a song

     poet Linda Amos, York Pennsylvania...

       Fog burned off early

    Making this the beginning

        Of a beautiful day

                      On a clear warm day

                    I harken back to my youth     

                     And I go out and play

     poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

   Coffe brewing

   One cup                  Getting older

   Missing the other        Every song

                              Becomes your song

           skies for every moment

           cloud or sun

           walk slow

           take time to scratch the surface

           inhale the scent

           taste salt

           from every ocean

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

     white paper and pen

     just waiting             poetry words

     for a song               dancing

                                on paper

                choose peace

                best outcome 

                for everything

 poet James B. Peters, Cottontown, Tennessee...

     Haiku poem

     Seen in print         Nature dresses

     Enough reward      All her creatures

                            To the environment

              The beauty

              Of a snowflake

              Similar

              To the intricateness

              Of the mind

   poet t. kilgore splake, Calumet Michigan...

   poems rising in air

  turning and spinning 

words landing everywhere

   

                            han shan's ghost

                     drifting down mountain path

                         joining poet in dream

              below zero morning

              eagle lazily soaring

              taste of snow in air

 poet John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland...

from John's latest poetry book

PIBROCH 

HAIKU IN SCOTS

              

nicht veesitors -       night visitors-

  the seller jeegsaw     the silver jigsaw

o snail steids          of snail tracks

burdsang -      birdsong -

nivver       never

a wrang note       a wrong note

suddentlie    suddenly

the AH! mament -     the AH! moment -

gean flourish      cherry blossom

and! Joseph Campbell...

Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.

                 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!... Joe Sebastian, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Dennis Rhodes, Tsaurah Litzky, Ram Chandran, Refika Dedić, Nancy L. Dahl, and Tuharam!...

  

noble assistant's Frosty and Tama, mewing,  "Poetry!  Poetry, Mister Editor!  Kitties and peoples' need their poetry!  And then!!!   Treats for all!"

Yes, noble assistant's! And let's begin with poet Joe Sebastian, of Bangalore, India...

 hot tea-pot on               how it slides

 her antique table      down the blade of grass

 sunflowers aflame           morning dew

             second-hand shop

                 in an old book I find

                 some pressed roses

                 was it for many

                 or many for one?

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

Friends joining friends

For a late breakfast

Best offer all day         Into the eye

                              Of the love storm

                              Moonlight is on high

            Excitement

            Avocado blossom honey

            For tea time

poet Roberta Beach Jacobson, Indianola, Iowa...

  confident 

  he will awake in spring       spring

  bear                              forward

                                     frog

             asleep 

             in elephant grass

             elephants

      poet Dennis Rhodes, Naples, Florida...

            Two united souls

            watch the sunset together.

            Love is that simple.

   poet Tsaurah Litzky, Brooklyn, New York...

   washing the dishes

   my fingers swim like       

   fishes in the churning sea

                            hand over hand I go

                            over the rope of hope

                            raging rivers below

   poet Ram Chandran, Madurai, India...

 winter moon

 the mellowed voice   

 of my dead mom            her smile

                   when she bid last good-bye

                            framed in my mind

             spring noon

           I gather a song

        from a nameless bird

  poet Refika Dedić, Bosnia and Herzegovinia...

                 New Year

                 without a mask enters

                 a smile on his face

poet Nancy L. Dahl, Ypsilanti, Michigan..

        The New World

 We are now living in the unknown times

 .with a virus that has captured the world's attention                                     

 .we can not leave home without a mask

 .we need to think of social distancing

 .wherever we go

 .maybe just staying in the area where we are

 .most of the time.

 .nothing is 'normal' 

 .some businesses and people are trying to make it

 .in this Christmas season with lights and all

 .and let us remember always...

 .the true meaning of this holiday time

 .and let every heart know

 .the true meaning of Christmas...

                  poet Tuharam...

       The Angel Talked Like a Sailor

  What part of heaven did she come from?

         That angel talked like a sailor

               and she was dressed

                    enchantingly 

                        scant.

      I can't even repeat the things she said,

 or picture once more the shape of her breasts.

           Though I know one thing -

              My dear of dying has

                     vanished.

                 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!... Neil Gaiman, Neena Singh, Juanita Torrence Thompson, Joe Sebastian, Kelley Jean White's Hannah, Moe, and Sassy, Marsupial P., Cathy Porter, Peggy Dugan French, and t. kilgore splake!...

Neil Gaiman...

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness.  We hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.  And we hope, somewhere in the near future, you surprise yourself.

noble assistant

editors Frosty and Tama, mewing, "Poetry, Mr. Editor! Peoples and Kitties need their poetry, Mister Editor!  And then! Their treats!!!"

     poet Neena Singh, Chandigarh, India...

      each day

      awaiting a new life

      chrysalis              half moon

                              the words we left

                              unsaid

            winter afternoon

            a squirrel chatters away

            my solitude

  poet Juanita Torrence Thompson, Bayside, New York...

        WINTER

        Frost-fettered air swirls

        Around in winter.  Loved by

        Kids and polar bears.

        poet Joe Sebastian, Bangalore, India...

                   bamboo grove-

                   the winds symphony

                   rises and falls

     poet Kelley Jean White, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...  her saved kitties, Hannah, Moe and Sassy!...

       

assistant editor Kitty Kali, mewing, "Extra special treats for Kelley Jean White, and, for Hannah, Moe and Sassy!"

    poet Marsupial P., somewhere living life sideways...

      three

   curious youthful raccoons

   peering down through

   the kitchen skylight

                            although

                          life's varied paths

                          will change you--

                          the only true journey

                          is the one within...

     poet Cathy Porter, Omaha, Nebraska...

      One rose in the doorway

      No need to knock     

                              The sun

                              lifts my mood

                              From shade

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

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

    ghost following basho's path

       walking stick in hand

    disappearing in deep north

                          han shan's ghost

                  drifting down mountain path

                      joining poet in dream

                 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)