At Summer’s End by Alexandra Ernst
In the ocean of eyes,
yours like a late summer pond,
sunlight and darkness uniting,
take me by surprise.
Archive for the ‘Harvest (Sept/Oct 2008)’ Category
At the Basin in the Luxembourg Garden by Alexandra Ernst
The sun is hot though it is September.
There are crêpes au chocolat to eat
with sweet remnants sticking
to small fingers and mouths.
Maybe Baby? by Wendy Reichental
There are two things I hate getting in the mail. One is my Visa statement and the second… an invitation to someone’s Baby Shower!
Word Search by Penny Luker
The tutor plants the tiny seeds;
words to dissect and analyse.
Tree of Growth by Shelly Wiseberg
Beauty in Autumn
Colorful leaves
Rainbow in trees
Birth of a Mother by Alexandra Ernst
In the heat of an island,
a miracle of desire spun
through me while you,
wrapped in your watery cocoon,
clung to the web of my body.
Coming Back to You by Tamara Palmer
The humid, salt air seeped into Tracy’s nose, waking up the portion of her brain that processed childhood memories — the part that she’d purposely let fall into a quiet slumber for the last month.
What She Carried by Donna Vorreyer
the promise of possibility, the fatigue of loss
Prune Harvest by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Torpid as a slug crawling on concrete,
fuggy cloud wrapped around my sticky limbs,
I sit breathless in September heat.
Knock on the doorby Patricia Wellingham-Jones
A clang on the metal trout
nailed to our wooden door
snaps me to attention
Tissue Paper Flowers by Penny Luker
Sweet peas cling to their climbing frame,
a shower of mauve, pink and blue.
Allotment Bounty by Penny Luker
The sun stayed up late warming us
and pale elderberry wine cleared minds
while garden chatter murmured.
Our Autumn by Stacy Lynn Mar
It is the time of year
When October steals the daylight.
Enough by Carmen Eichman
I am learning to cultivate the art
of nothing,
to be still as a chandelier pendant
in its crystal beauty
Small Boxes Closing by Stacy Lynn Mar
Yesterday is a small box closing
Upon each one of my bones, those warriors.
Primitive, I am a shadow of the woman ancestor
Who sanctioned for me parts of herself.
Autumn Hair by Wendy Reichental
A girl with a pierced upper lip approaches and beckons me to follow her. She introduces me to Destiny.
Karma Boy Karma Girl by Sarah Herrington
She searched the Island, from the Bronx to the Seaport, for something as spectacular as inspiration or Love.
Ghost Story by Amber Decker
the soft torch of her life he burned down
Seasons by Kerrie Hutchinson
Passion,
In the dark
Of one’s heart,
In the back
Of one’s mind
The Window by Brigita Pavshich
The shutters
yielding slices of light
like slivers of cake
Harvesting Smiles by C.A. Rose
You beam
like you won
the Power Ball
Womb/Seed/Fruit by Donna Vorreyer
She and I have traveled here by
separate roads, pushed our way through
underbrush, pricked our skin on nettles
and thorns.
Fallen Leaves by Lydia Fazio Theys
I rest against the rough solid trunk and tilt my head back, as I’ve done so many times before. I slide down to lean against the very part of the tree that held me as a child.
On Hold by Patricia Parkinson
My children are growing faster than flowers. Time is slipping away and the one consistent piece of advice I got when they were younger, “Enjoy them while you can,” terrifies me because I didn’t listen.
Thoughts Of The Season by Ellen Lane
In these deaths there is a renewal.
A putting away of distraction and finding, in this new solitude, a place of expectant joy.
As we grow by Caroline Skannes
Waiting for our soul’s
Coming of age,
We embrace
Change
Mantras repeated
Growth in Spirit by Shelly Wiseberg
Pouring rain
washed my soul
cleansed my body
Covergirl
Amy Brownstein
Amy is the owner of Brownstein & Associates. Her job is to put other people in the spotlight.
Man of the Moment
Josh Charles
Josh is a piano playing singer/songwriter with jazz in his soul and a mission - to keep helping the City of New Orleans - in his heart.
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