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"Waves await their turn to crest upon the shoreline"
The Swelling Tide
by Mark Lipman
"To listen to the birds sing"
A Walk in the Woods
by Mark Lipman
"The sound of music can be heard on every corner"
The Things We Live for
by Mark Lipman
Free Birds, Free America ~ Hartsel ~ Colorado
"I watched the women hangin’ out front, holdin’ hip babies"
Porch Boppin’
by CJ Rakay
"I memorize its camouflage in red-orange reeds"
Snake Bite
by Kate Kingston
"The sea knows we need a soulmate"
Ocean Scene at Evening
by Michael Escoubas
"He said our names and teased us"
In the Last Days of July, My Father
by Andrea Potos
"We yearn for the rush of fresh air"
Don't Touch That Crank
by Vaughn Neeld
"Seagulls screech and swoop"
Water Calls
by Scott Shaffer
"Waves slapping the shore"
Comfort in Blue
by Karen O'Leary
"All night the midsummer snow fell"
Midsummer Snow
by Geoffrey Heptonstall
"Frogs sing loudly in the scorching summer"
Summer
by Yingcai Xu
Evening Sky ~ Cerro ~ New Mexico
"I should be home by midnight."
Drive-In Movie, July of ‘83
by Colleen McManus Hein
Rio Grande Gorge ~ Del Norte ~ Wild Rivers ~ New Mexico
"The field, bulging with summer’s fullness"
The Miraculous Close at Hand
by Michael Escoubas
"Scotch broom scented the cool forest air"
Mount Wilson
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
"On the surface of the shrinking pond"
we are the same
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"Before the sun dropped below the horizon"
Flashes of a Crimson Sun
by Mark Fleisher
"Sweet waft of belle de jour"
Two Hearts; A Love Story
by Jane Lang
"The fire had brush-stroked the wide sky"
Wildfire!
by Gay Williford
"Fox kits watch from under the hedge"
Trolls Bowl in Competition Over Mountain Village
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
"Midges buzz above the flotsomed shore"
Camping in the Adirondacks
by Vaughn Neeld
Poetry Prompt For August 2024
Old Blue Truck ~ Taos ~ New Mexico
"I heard a dozen songbirds singing"
Castle Mey
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
"Her Spirit hovering above the landscape of life"
Genesis
by Michael Escoubas
"Reach beyond your magic wand"
You are She
by Paulette Demers Turco
"Mists and vapors swirl and blend with marshland"
In the Beginning
by Vaughn Neeld
"Aloof as fireflies that sparkle in the night"
At the Edge of Shangri-La
by MFrostDelaney
"Breathe in the color storm"
The Mystic Visions
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"Against a patch of blue sky"
The River’s Source
by Kathy Lohrum Cotton
"Pretty scene, so delicate and pale"
A hint of our tomorrows
by Carole Mertz
"Through the gentle grace of pastel mists"
Visions of Hope
by Elayne Clift
"Rising in cosmic completion"
Rising
by Aimé E Duclos
"Rising up in a swirl of mists"
Planet Firth
by Gay Williford
Ekphrastic Prompt for August 2024
Sunrise
Slow Wreckage: Poems
by Barbara Crooker
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
A Time for Such a Word
by Michael W. Thomas
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater
The Low Country Shvitz
by Rick Lupert
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Pink Moon
by Tina Barr
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Song Birds ~ El Bosque ~ Rio Embudo ~ New Mexico
Publisher: Golden Foothills Press
Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2024
Editor, Peter J. Harris
Publisher: Praying Mantis Press
From this Side of the Picture Window
Poetry by Patricia E. DeJong
Publisher: Praying Mantis Press
Haiku and Senryu: A Book of Short Shorts
by Jacob erin-cilberto
Publisher: Cuttlefish Books
Vital Signs
by Deborah P Kolodji
Watermelon
Spice up your summer picnic with this delicious salsa
Mango Salsa
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Beat the heat with this delicious summer fare
Crunchy Chicken and Mango Salad
from the kitchens of Dena Brummer and Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Oldies but Goodies!
Here are 3 summer dip recipes you may have missed in past issues
Sharmagne's Homemade Chip Dip
Papaya Salsa
Guacamole and Caviar Dip
Lower Buena Vista Road ~ Questa ~ New Mexico
Robert Perez
Bio
Dust to Dust ~ Mora ~ New Mexico
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