INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Duane Locke
Elisavietta Ritchie
Sam Cornish
Alan Britt
Shutta Crum
Joseph McNair
Geoffrey Philip
Lazlo Slomovits
Gerald Clark
Chris Lord
Coleman Barks
Marisella Veiga
Joanie Freeman
Dave Etter
Steve Barfield
scharCbear
Michael D. Long
Karyn M. Wolven
Running Cub
Silvia Scheibli
(for Dad)
I am like
an old scrub
digger
oak tree
touching raindrops
between
trembling leaves -
digging tentacles
into fertile earth
searching
this rooted maze
in dank darkness
seeking
to refresh and soothe
strained limbs
that reach toward
blue forgiveness.
FISHING WOMEN
Perched on
wire crated seat
at platform's edge
safety rope tethered
snugly about his waist
hand woven net
at her side, lies waiting.
Eyes peering into power
torrent, raging waters,
below, pulsating
Falls of Women's Hair.
Sensing line in hand
she waits...knowing
the carnal difference
between the tumbling,
moving force of water
and the Sacred bit
of the Salmon.
scharCbear, Lihu'e, Kaua'I, Pacific Ocean