A Hundred Gourds

index

page 6

lilies of the field ...
the webs
we weave

Liz Rule - Australia

limestone outcrop
a wall of wild garlic
emits its signature

Maeve O'Sullivan - Ireland

war news –
among the wild flowers,
Devil's Paintbrush

Rita Odeh - Israel

the white spider
in my skull
faint nova

Barrow Wheary - U.S.A.

spider on the tiles …
I check again
for that email

Maeve O'Sullivan - Ireland

AA meeting ...
lizard tattoo on the back
of his right hand

Chen-ou Liu - Canada

meetings all day
the random movements
of gnats in the sun

M. Franklyn Teaford - U.S.

trapped
inside my head
this dragonfly

Robert Epstein - U.S.A.

reading Feng Shui
a faint sewage smell
in my basement

Chen-ou Liu - Canada

summer holiday
suitcase packed full
of promise

Rachel Sutcliffe - U.K.

carousel I step out onto a swan’s foot

Scott Terrill - Australia

sultry heat
a slow line of camp busses
at four o’clock

Adelaide B. Shaw - U.S.A.

pausing
to slow down
cottonwood fluff

Cara Holman - U.S.A.

rainforest remnant –
trees lean into
the picnic area

Nathalie Buckland - Australia

skinny dipping
a full moon
ripples in the lake

Benjamin Moeller-Gaa - U.S.A.