"Poetry, Mister Editor! People and kitties need poetry, Mister Editor! And then! Their Extra-Special treats!"
Yes, noble assistant editor Kitty Kali, we do so need our poets and their poems! Let us begin!...
poet Ram Chandran, Madurai, India...
in the scent
of my ancestral home,
grandma's lullaby
on my desk
ant carries a piece of biscuit
and a poem
in the time machine
I travel back and forth-
swing in my ancestral home
poet Sarah Mahina Calvello, San Francisco, California...
Family
Bread on the table
Yellow flowers
The world is sleeping
Nestled in the starry sky
Turning into morning light
Dark rye bread
Peach jelly to welcome the morning
A new day breaks
poet Dennis Rhodes, Naples, Florida...
All great artists are
haunted, the poet told me
with a ghostly grin.
A foggy morning
the deer came out right on cue
to nibble breakfast.
poet Roberta Beach Jacobson, Indianola, Iowa...
elegance
unfolds kitten named Ping Pong
the cat cuter name
than Table Tennis
poet Anthony Ward, Durham, England...
Red squirrel
Running red pines
Blending blemishes Winter ptarmigan
blotches of snow
on the move
A weasel caught
in the headlights
Bounding to the other side
poet Joe Sebastian, Chennai, India...
Spring sun-
caressing fresh buds oh! for so long,
in the hospice garden I pined to be older...
school reunion
poet Stephen Jarrell Williams...
freshly painted fence
sudden rainstorm didn't like
the color red
old backyard stones
holding up the wooden fence
licking the snow
poet Mary Jo Balistreri, Waukesha, Wisconsin... (we loves yah, Mary Jo!)
Light wavers in the wind's sigh,
I reach for distances not yet touched,
no difference between near and far. Wisps
of fog steam across the glass, clouds vision.
The perfect paper shell of the abandoned wasp's nest disappears.
How slippery the word reality.
My Prayer of Becoming
Let me leap like Solomon's gazelle
Dance like a Sufi Dervish
Unclamp my wings untether me
Like Pegasus let me soar
poet Patricia Carragon, Brooklyn, New York...
on a blanket of leaves
neighborhood kittens
play hide-and-seek backyard rumble
raccoons amuse
the indoor cat
haiku kittens
17 purrs and hisses
describe the moment
poet t. kilgore splake, Calumet, Michigan...
light spring breeze
fresh wildflower blossoms
poet's spirit alive
late march ice out
crocus buds rising
earth breathing again
morning haikus finished
drinking green tea
warm buddha smile
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)
Last! If you choose to send poetry via email from within the US, that's ok, too (again, include postal address)
and, you can mail your poetry to:
bear creek haiku
PO Box 596
Longmont, CO
80502
USA
(SASE's are appreciated)
Last! If you choose to send poetry via email from within the US, that's ok, too (again, include postal address)
