Grandmother stories (18) 8 WIN

by Michael

Looking at my favourite photograph
your image pressed between sepia and glass...

The Lies of Freedom. (6) 8

by Poet on the Piano

You are told this is how a young man
finds honor, that to die for one's country...

Summer Seas (8) 8 WIN

by Mark

If the azure glow of the ocean
is summers' own liquid crest...

Jealousy among the Thorns (16) 8 WIN

by William Mae

How could such beauty,
Grow amid such pain...

The answer is simple (15) 8

by Dagmar Wilson

As I am rinsing off my face
tears are floating down the drain...

Her Final Stanza I Refuse to Write (7) 8

by Maple Tree

They tell me.....
I'll be writing her final stanza soon...

Window to the soul (11) 8

by Courtney Hough

“Hold out your hands.”
A calming voice spoke...

Life (7) 8 HM

by Mark Rawlins

It's a bumper box of Belgian chocs.
It's a bowl of wholesome pasta...

My Robyn Bird (Acrostic) (9) 8

by Maple Tree

Melody speaks beyond the trees
Yearning for her spirit to sing...

We will walk together (rondeau) (29) 8 WIN

by Michael

I will be there when life feels numb
when bells ring out a humming drum...

Going Out to Play In the World (9) 8 WIN

by Larry Chamberlin

Going Out to Play In the World
(an autistic journey...

weeping waves (diminished hexaverse) (9) 8

by Mr. Darcy

a razor teeth sea
swells deep within me...