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 May 2021
Valsa George
at the edge of the cliff,
she stood
determined…….
eyes limpid pools of sadness,
hair wind swept

flawed….?
damaged?

the swirling enormity below
inviting….!
nested in her own ignorance
never knowing there’s poison
in the sting of bees,
as dripping honey
in their combs.

consumed without flame
in the heat waves of life

an escape is ineluctable
perhaps more to cover a secret…!

SWISH….!!!

the water below parted noisily
sloshed up…
but the tug was fierce.

down,

down

she slid,

into the silver chambers
to be garlanded by mermaids!
 May 2021
guy scutellaro
across the log
as graceful as a dancer...


rising out of the water
jeans and blue t-shirt
like a weighted blanket

muddied and wet
the girl of the lake
delighting in the fall

the playful eyes
that wild in her smile                               

(I too
knew that smile
intimately
once
and dreams were plentiful
as the songs
that kept me alive

but the wind walks
a singular path
through the tall grass
surrounding lakes

a thief tip-toeing into another day)
 May 2021
Traveler
The Taunting Trickster
Twisted the truth...
He heartlessly
Sat silently seething
Smothering
Quite quietly
Utmost utterly
Stoically smooth!
Loki lingering
Leaving lopsided loops
The Taunting Trickster
Twisted the truth!
Traveler Tim

Anybody seen my wallet
 May 2021
ryn
.
sore is the wound
that rejects
the salve of time

.
 May 2021
Aaron Combs
Beneath a blue and velvet skyline,
lie the buried ruins of grandmother’s dreams—
a cactus fence dividing heaven from hell,
where stress deepens, and whispers keep secrets.
Yet still, we sing—of us, of light,
of the newness rising with the day.

The King’s song is always playing—
a rhythm spun from his sacred guitar.
From his hand, dreams are strummed
into color, into healing:
bloodstream over bloodstream,
muscle into bone,
and humanity becomes free again.

But time, relentless, steals the rings of planets.
The oceans of stars fall like ash from heaven,
islands of gold dissolve to dust,
and people collapse into longing.
All wisdom seems lost—
yet moonlight remains,
and still, the King’s dreams set us free.

So come—
Sing.
If we sing his song,
our hearts will grow like the giant trees of Brazil,
and the river of hope will flow full and perfect.

Dance beneath this promise.
Lift your voice like starlight.
Pour your wine and give me your heart—
for His love carries us,
and beneath this red rooftop,
we may rest without fear.

Can you see it?
The ocean mirrored in the sky
above the Brazilian shore,
resting and healing the soul of the green earth.
So let me hold you.

Like your wedding ring,
my voice will shine in the quiet of the broken night.
You’ll feel the ocean of memories
right here—
in my hand.

Let my voice unlock creation,
echoing the language of your dreams and desire.
For I love you.

And now—
see the moonlight reigning over the stars,
painting grace into the still night.

As the moon stands crowned with power,
so too shall I open the gates of our dreams—
as your King.
a newer rendition
 May 2021
Chelsea Rae
You would think nature would have been enough for us.

The way you can stand on a mountaintop and see a sea of clouds,
with tree tops barely showing their tips, like shark fins above water.

Breathtaking the way it is now,
Imagine what it must have been like for our ancestors.
No greater sights to be seen then.

You would have thought nature would have been enough

because it's definitely enough for me.
 Apr 2021
Don Bouchard
We will be the willows,
Resolving to live,
Bending with the storms,
Not the cottonwoods
Refusing change,
Standing rigid,
Breaking in the gales.
Resilience
 Apr 2021
jordan
a land textured with years
and sage-scented experience
crackles under boot-clad foot

and within flowing crystalline skies
a cloud's dream of permanence
withers like the desert sand below
The dry bones of countless trees are a constant reminder of the impermanence of life as I tread lightly across the eastern ***** of Rattlesnake Mountain. The game trail I follow is mostly imagined, but I take heart in the occasional week-old boot track of another soul that was also driven up this rugged *****.  Were they compelled by the deep-seated need to see what's over the next hill, around the next bend, beyond the next horizon, like I am? The ghosts left behind in the form of empty footprints are no more or less real than those inhabiting the skeletons of long-dead junipers, and they all haunt my climb to the next ridge.
 Apr 2021
Norman Crane
on sunday mornings
the streets sigh
with hideous anticipation
awaiting an answer to a question—
unspoken—
is the city dead
or not yet awoken?
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