INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Fahredin Shehu
Elisavietta Ritchie
Uvie Gwewhegbe
Jennifer Burd
George Miller
Robert Penick
Laszlo Slomovits
Richard Gartee
Gale Acuff
Stephen Sleboda
Robert Nisbet
Chris Spitters
Silvia Scheibli
Michael Lee Johnson
Alicia Mathias
Alan Britt
Y. Przhebelskaya
Helen Gyigya
Aneek Chatterjee
Alex Ferde
Running Cub
Joanie Freeman
Shutta Crum
Fred Wolven
Ann Arbor Review
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Francis Ferde
All rights revert back to each poet.
--editor / Southeastern Florida
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AAR history note: in print 1967 - 1980. Irregular publications 1980 - 2004. As ezine 2004 - present. Most of 55 years all together....
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Silver Grey Fox
Running Cub
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Waking to now
I press my face to the glass
and pass right through
with eyes that look to
the beauty beyond
The painter worked all night
with one color on the brush
just white
White that lies on evergreen
like cotton babies held
in arms unseen
White that drapes
in many shades
on hidden shapes
White that flows
soft and smooth
on sharp edged rows
I drink it in
briefly
for as long as it takes
to cover cold glass
with warm breath
Then the questions come
Is it deep enough
to cover up the color
on my calendar?
Is it cold enough
to freeze time
and make it stand still?
Is there wind enough
to blow away the clutter
of my day?
Is there ice enough
to make all that once seemed urgent
slip and slide away?
The answer is yes!
And everything of insignificance
is erased from sight
as I crawl right in
and curl up under
my blanket of white
Chris Spitters, Stevensville, Michigan