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Tina Biello :: Mavis Jones :: Barbara Wild :: Madeleine Nattrass :: Morgan Townsend
Sidney Bending :: Gabriel Dey :: Frances Shiavina :: Lee Beavington :: T.M. Göttl
Amy Ainbinder :: dan smith :: Andrea Da Costa :: J.E. Stanley ::
Marina Blokker

Water

Maureen Egan
flow

breathe in
the blue liquid
confluence of heaven
same sky, common earth, shared shores - one
ocean

Linda Lee Crosfield
Throat


you thought
to close mid-sip
to change your mind, mid-gulp
you learn too late what slakes can scald,
can drown

Gillian Russell
Shiva

downpour
as nails of rain
pierce tatters of flowers
lobelia a spider sprawl
on earth.

Barbara Pelman
No More Coffee

Drink hot
water, lemon
in a twist-Chinese cure
for boredom: everything seems good
after.

Tina Biello
Path

Cherry
blossoms weep pink.
Light the stone walkway home.
After first Spring rain, our feet carve
a trail.

Mavis Jones
Lake

Frozen
Ice lilies curl
On surfaces inscribed
By skate blades..a kind of winter
Haiku

Barbara Wild
the beginning of rain


listen
that first thin pulse
droplets on rock, on leaf
spare music heard without knowing
going

Madeleine Nattrass
Black Gold

Off-shore
Oil spoils the sea
Catastrophic, unless
Mother Earth sees fit to forgive
Again.

Morgan Townsend
Callas

Rain clouds
boiling, burst like
pregnant dandelions.
Black clothes toss lilies like drops of
water.

Sidney Bending
Reflecting

This pond
reflects blossoms -
here red camellias,
in this light, double the number
of koi.

Gabriel Dey
Clouds Decipher the Anthology of Water

Bodies
Two hearts tangling
Mountain and a dark lake
A breathing sky- disappearing
Darkness.

Frances Schiavina
Winter


Raindrops
Crying on glass
Lamenting fading light
Ushering in winter of long
dark nights.

Lee Beavington
Rain

Sky flood
Dew stars, grass pearls
Whitecaps to clear current
Friend to fish, folly for fire
Cloud child

T.M. Göttl
46

Rivers
carry lilies,
like our unlit candles
and so many cups of tea, now
missing.

Amy Ainbinder
Silent Spring

Water
Rachel Carson ---
a difficult journey
Beethoven's dream-filled concertos
Silence

dan smith
We Thirst


We can
walk on water
now, in bloody sandals,
cancerous monks in oily rags,
we thirst.

Andrea Da Costa
Poolside


Sparkling
veins of sunlight
ripple with the water -
feet kicking lazily I watch
them dance.

J.E. Stanley
Vapor Cloud

Centaur
strikes the shadowed
surface of Cabeus.
The moon's deepest secret revealed:
water.

Marina Blokker
Stikine

River
skims over rock
rough in tangled forest,
growls in roar of wash, a wild spear
released.