INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Chris Lord
Joseph McNair
Karyn M. Wolven
Geoffrey Philp
Paul B. Roth
Duane Locke
Silvia Scheibli
Shutta Crum
Felino Soriano
Steve Beaulieu
Donald Hewlett
Alan Britt
Joanie Freeman
Mervyn M. Solomon
Jerry Blanton
Marilyn Churchill
Running Cub
Mukul Dahal
Alice Paris
Helen
Losse
Fred Wolven
For Cesar
Two blonde, white-tailed deer
in mesquite shadow
very still
sun-spotted backs
long tongues reaching for
new mesquite beans,
Inspire
to kiss fresh raspberries
oats & honey
on your chest.
JANUARY'S FROST MOON
When
the
lizard's blood
is just
a drop of silver,
I
would like
to sleep with the
Frost moon.
THREE DEFINITIONS
Structure is
the weapon of mass destruction.
Knowledge is
the intense desire to describe the shadow
of an armadillo's eyelash.
Imagination is
to feel the armadillo's eyelash
grow a five o'clock shadow on your hand.
WET CHEEKS ON CACTUS
The cactus in front of me
is an acrobat
who wishes he were
the long white streaks
down the black chin
of a desert sparrow.
This small gray bird
finds water,
splash of tides,
steps through foam,
feet sink in wet sand.
While the cactus
waits
imagines wet
cheeks.
Silvia Scheibli, Rio Rico, Arizona