INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Robert Nisbet
Alan Britt
Jennifer Burd
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Running Cub
Elisavietta Ritchie
Odimegwu Onwumere
Laszlo Slomovits
Lyn Lifshin
Ramesh Dohan
Silvia Scheibli
Alex Ferde
Richard Kostelanetz
Richard Gartee
Irsa Ruci
Duane Locke
Janet Buck
Nahshon Cook
Jim Daniels
Fred Wolven
Peycho Kanev
Ali Znaidi
Sunday Eyitayo Michael
Karyn M. Bruce
Arsim Halili
Engjell I. Berisha
Muharrem Kurti
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Francis Ferde
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--editor / Southeastern Florida
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FEBRUARY DAY
Winter has
broken its back
on the rusting plow
the houses
of my ancestors
linger in the snowlight
sunlight
and shadows play
against the door on a zero day
belonging
to the young
adulthood of my grandparents
while my
great great great great
grandfather sleeps in a country
cemetery
under the latest record
snowstorm since his death
I unlatch
the gate and walk toward him,
following in my own footsteps
Haiku:
going back to work -
first crocus
along the south wall
daylight savings time -
sleepwalking
on the gibbous moon
just before solstice -
the cardinal at dawn
gives away the ending
first day of spring -
my mother's TV blares
in the darkened room
first coo of the dove -
nothing else moving
on this street
snow almost gone -
the streets swagger
in the March air
empty house -
oil stains
on the driveway
the sun puts
an extra coat of white
paint on the old house
Jennifer Burd, Ypsilanti, Michigan