July 2008 Poetry:

            

              

                

                  

                    

                      

                        
beneath
                          purple pines
 
                      
                      

                        
A
                          Tree in Season
 
                      
                    
                  
                
                
Michelle
                  Angelini
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Vietnam
                        Fire
 
                    
                    

                      
Rain
                        Dancer
 
                    
                  
                
Nicole
                  Nicholson
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Grandma
 
                    
                    

                      
I
                        believe
 
                    
                  
                
Abhay
                  Kumar
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Sun
                        Remarkable
 
                    
                    

                      
Shoe
                        Shine Man
 
                    
                    

                      

                        

                          
Whispering
                          Secrets
                        
                      
                    
                  
                

                  

                    
Jo Janoski
                  
                
              
              

                

                    

                      
Bitter
                        Fruit
 
                    
                    

                      
The
                        Performance
 
                    
                  
                

                  

                    
Amy L. George
                  
                
              
              

                

                    

                      
Dust
 
                    
                    

                      
Sepia
 
                    
                    

                      
Filling
                        Blanks
 
                    
                    

                      
Wallpaper
 
                    
                  
                
Noah
                  Champoux
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Coloring
 
                    
                    

                      
Fly
                        Away and Never Come Back
 
                    
                    

                      
A
                        Gray World
 
                    
                  
                

                  

                    
Angelica Chua
                  
                
              
              

                
I
                  Write Stories
 
                
Ritwik
                  Banerjee
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Blue
                        Tornado Boy Meets Derek the Red
 
                    
                    

                      
Seahorses
                        in the Clouds
 
                    
                    

                      
Bouncing
                        Blue Eyes
 
                    
                  
                
Terry
                  McDermott
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Touch
 
                    
                    

                      
Beyond
                        Physics and Reason
 
                    
                    

                      
Stephen
                        Hawking Dances
 
                    
                    

                      
And
                        More Rain Comes Down
 
                    
                  
                
Harry
                  Furness
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Perfect
                        Vision
 
                    
                    

                      
A
                        Steakhouse-Lighthouse Dogma
 
                    
                  
                
Mickey
                  Grubb
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Mind
                        Your Lessons
 
                    
                    

                      
Standards
 
                    
                    

                      
the
                        most fantastic senility and poetic dementia ever known
 
                    
                  
                
James
                  Spoonmore
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Lovely
                        Ribbons
 
                    
                    

                      
Greenhouses
 
                    
                    

                      
I
                        Wake You in the Morning Old Dog
 
                    
                    

                      
Memoirs
                        from a Divorcee
 
                    
                  
                
Carol
                  Lynn Grellas
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Baseball,
                        behind the trees
 
                    
                    

                      
Sapphire,
                        the creche
 
                    
                    

                      
Sunday
                        afternoon
 
                    
                  
                
Harry
                  Calhoun
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Red
                        Sky At Night
 
                    
                    

                      
Winter
                        Assault
 
                    
                    

                      
People
                        In The Water
 
                    
                  
                
John
                  Grey
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Luggage
                        and Greeting Cards
 
                    
                    

                      
Naked
                        Soul
 
                    
                    

                      
Now
 
                    
                    

                      
Laughs
                        and Smiles
 
                    
                  
                
Susie
                  Baretz
 
              
              

                
 
 
                
 
 
              
            

            
 

            


            
June 2008 Poetry:

            

              

                

                    

                      
My
                        Body is the World
 
                    
                    

                      
The
                        Stag
 
                    
                  
                
Becky
                  Sakellariou
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
KATIE,
                        BAR THE KITCHEN DOOR
 
                    
                    

                      
A
                        QUEEN'S EPISTLE
 
                    
                    

                      
THE
                        EDGE
 
                    
                  
                
Nicole
                  Nicholson
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Haiku
                        Sonnet: Love Letters
 
                    
                    

                      

                        

                          
Haiku
                          Sonnet: They Came From Turtle Island
                        
                      
                    
                    

                      
Haiku
                        Island Love Sonnet
 
                    
                  
                
Scot
                  Young
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
BRUNCH
 
                    
                    

                      
PEOPLE
                        I WAS
 
                    
                    

                      
DREAM
 
                    
                    

                      
STORIES
 
                    
                  
                

                  

                    
Ayesha
                    Susan Thomas
                  
                
              
              

                

                    

                      
A
                        Footnote to Our Youth
 
                    
                    

                      
Arrangements
                        and Distractions
 
                    
                    

                      
Janis
                        Lives in Golden Gate Park
 
                    
                  
                

                  

                    
Rusty
                    Arquette
                  
                
              
              

                

                    

                      
All
                        I have
 
                    
                    

                      
Divorce
 
                    
                    

                      
Unworn
 
                    
                    

                      
Shaken
 
                    
                  
                
Noah
                  Champoux
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Bar
                        Rags
 
                    
                    

                      
Moody
                        Mists
 
                    
                    

                      
Pastel
                        Beauty
 
                    
                    

                      
Turkeys
                        on Parade
 
                    
                  
                

                  

                    
Jo
                    Janoski
                  
                
              
              

                
Tranquil
                  and serene
 
                
Cheri
                  Fry
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Benny
                        the Bat and Seahorse City
 
                    
                    

                      
Blue
                        Tornado Boy Meets Kent Cool
 
                    
                    

                      
Live
                        From the Aquarium
 
                    
                  
                
Terry
                  McDermott
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Tiny
                        Fractures
 
                    
                    

                      
She
                        Was
 
                    
                    

                      
Runaway
                        Trains
 
                    
                    

                      
Familiar
                        Faces
 
                    
                  
                
Dan
                  Beams
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
You
                        Come In The Night
 
                    
                    

                      
Selected
                        Silence
 
                    
                    

                      
On
                        Poetics (part 2, the poet)
 
                    
                  
                
 Harry
                  Furness
 
              
              

                
Blood
                  to Ashes
 
                
Michelle
                  Angelini
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Wind
                        Chimes
 
                    
                    

                      
Nikki
 
                    
                    

                      
Willow
                        Tree Poem
 
                    
                  
                
Michael
                  Lee Johnson
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
The
                        Witness
 
                    
                    

                      
Extra!
                        Extra!
 
                    
                    

                      
glance
 
                    
                    

                      
Quiet
 
                    
                    

                      
The
                        Traveler's Rest
 
                    
                  
                
James
                  Spoonmore
 
              
              

                

                    

                      
Occasional
                        Outbursts
 
                    
                    

                      
I
                        saw leaves dancing...
 
                    
                  
                
Abhay
                  Kumar