"Never forget the mate's beating heart"
Barn Owls
by Cynthia Linkas

"We fall onto our backs on the worn, wooden dock"
Stars
by Cynthia Linkas

"Tides turn matter over on itself"
Tumbled Time
by Cynthia Linkas

Big Sur

"We lay you down in the grassy sod of Valhalla"
A Lamentation
by Martin Kroll

"As the lilies wrap themselves closed for the evening"
August Night
by Sheri Lindner

"Old Man River creeps further from his banks"
Summertime
by John G. Lawless

"She met her man in Spain"
Traverse
by Laura L. Snyder

"I am the kettle on, and the cups out"
I Am
by Niamh Twomey

"This cornucopia"
Sunshine Market
by Michael Escoubas

"There's peace in a simple walk"
Summer Evening Walk
by Gerald A. McBreen

Bullard

"Milkweed flower waiting for a pollinator"
Orange
by Ray Zimmerman

Big Sur

Red Voice
by Nancy Takacs
Reviewed by: Ed Bennett

Florence, Oregon

Publisher: Button Poetry
the crown ain't worth much
by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

Winchester

Cheddar Cheese Omelet with Arugula, Parsley and Tomatoes
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland St John

Bullards Beach State Park

Sharmagne Leland-St.John