A Hundred Gourds

index

page 1

first light
through the curtains
fading dreams

Rachel Sutcliffe – UK

morning moon
the things I do
by rote

paul m. – USA

English ivy
climbing
the proverbial wall

Cyndi Lloyd – USA

family outfits
in four shades of grey
overcast sky

Rodney Williams – Australia

learning to adapt
wearing Walmart
to Walmart

Ann Schechter – USA

gallery café
the glum man glummer
for his trilby

David Jacobs – UK

repeating the patterns of everyday life

Anna Maris –Sweden

election year
all the neighbors i thought
i knew

Michael Henry Lee – USA

caucus night
bad weather scrolling
across the screen

Terri L. French – USA

waitingroom t h e s t r e t c h o f t e n h o u r s

Chen-ou Liu – Canada

more advice
from the learned counsel
cloud shadows

Alanna C. Burke – USA

American cooking show
Nonna breaks
her talking strike

J. Brian Robertson – Canada

Holocaust Survivor –
she tests her tattoo number
in the lottery

Freddy Ben-Arroyo – Israel

unfamiliar neighborhood
a big Labrador
wags its tail slowly

Ian Willey – Japan

almost dusk …
her day dwindles
in a glass of wine

Madhuri Pillai –Australia