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Volume 49.1 Winter-Spring 2018
sample haiku & senryu
defconfetti
Helen Buckingham
censor's strikes in dad's war posts— silverfish
Mary Jo Balistreri
spring fever there's a pill for that too
Johnny Baranski
at last the monsoon rain ukuleles
Lorin Ford
dry wind . . . shadows in the ribcage of a foal
Paul Chambers
egg on his face the Confederate general's statue pelted by protesters
John J. Dunphy
the freckles on her nose tiger lily
Marilyn Fleming
star in the pasture pond Christmas Eve
Merrill Gonzalez
they x-ray my hands I can't stop talking
John Martone
roughhousing at the pool's edge a gang of sparrows
Frank Hooven
Easrly spring moon— she never birthed those fantasy children
Rebecca Lily
snow leopard a brief sighting of our teen
Anette Makino
stealing second base the neighbor's dog
Greg Schwartz
aspen wind we applaud the dance of the deaf girl
Sarah E. Metzler
coal country a religious tract stapled to a phone pole
Tom Painting
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