Issue #7

Posted July 5, 2015

Featuring poems by:

A.J. Huffman, Amy Bell, Amy Weaver, Anna Cates, Bill Melton, Carol Kohn, Christopher Gusek, Colin Campbell, Dane Miller, Deborah Guzzi, Edward Huddleston, Elizabeth Mitchell, Grace Black, Herb Kauderer, Jackie Maugh Robinson, Jason C. Segarra, Joann Grisetti, John Reinhart, Joseph J Kozma, Joseph Roberts, Kasha Nystrand, Katherine Sukeforth, Kaylea Champion, Liz Moore, Macie Lamontagne, Mario Sakran, Mark Volz, Martin Gottlieb Cohen, Maryam Qureshi, Rebecca Kane, Stephan Anstey, Suchishraba Sarangi, Teddy Kimathi, Tiffany Dias, ToWednesday Sibley, with featured poem by Elena Malec.

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  1. 50 Haikus 50 poems by select poets
  2. 50 Haikus Volume 1 Issue 7 ISBN: 978-1-63275-041-9 ©2015 Prolific Press, Inc. www.50Haikus.com Printed in the USA All Rights Reserved. No portions of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any manner without the express permission of Prolific Press, Inc.
  3. Poems 1-25 Katherine Sukeforth Untitled Katherine Sukeforth Untitled Katherine Sukeforth Untitled Grace Black Sacrosanct Grace Black Harmony Mario Sakran Untitled Dane Miller In Her Absence Kasha Nystrand Dreamless Sleep Carol Kohn A Bad Situation Teddy Kimathi The Stage Macie Lamontagne Winter Liz Moore The Beauty in Death Tiffany Dias Ephemeral Winter Colin Campbell Soft Carpet of Leaves Colin Campbell Fast Falling Raindrops Macie Lamontagne The Unknown Maryam Qureshi Poetry of Earth Bill Melton Nursing Home III Bill Melton Dancer Suchishraba Sarangi Pebble Jackie Maugh Robinson Slowly So Slowly John Reinhart Presents Grace Black Sabotage Jackie Maugh Robinson Yellow Leaves Kasha Nystrand Autumn Leaves Resemblance to Flames
  4. Poems 26-50 C.C. Russell One Empty Page Colin Campbell Stone Forest Shadows To’Wednesday Sibley Breeze Christopher Gusek Untitled A.J. Huffman The Reef Martin Gottlieb Cohen Window Sill Joseph J Kozma Untitled Mark Volz Our Deborah Guzzi A Wind Moves Jason C. Segarra Untitled Amy Weaver Freedom Stephan Anstey In Jack’s Hometown Amy Bell Cloud Watching Kaylea Champion Lower Columbus Drive Elizabeth Mitchell Gas Station Klepto Katherine Sukeforth Untitled Katherine Sukeforth Untitled Anna Cates Untitled Anna Cates Untitled Rebecca Kane At The Farm Herb Kauderer Night Chic Joann Grisetti Untitled Edward Huddleston Crossroads Joann Grisetti Untitled Joseph Roberts Seeds of Wisdom Featured Poem by: Elena Malec
  5. ONE
  6. KATHERINE SUKEFORTH UNTITLED CRICKETS CHIRPING SONG BREEZES SIFTING THROUGH THE TREES TIME FOR REFLECTION.
  7. TWO
  8. KATHERINE SUKEFORTH UNTITLED CRISPY AND CRACKLING SCENT OF COFFEE FILLS THE AIR MORNING CONTENTMENT.
  9. THREE
  10. KATHERINE SUKEFORTH UNTITLED IN THE FOREST MAZE SPARKLING WATER TRICKLING DOWN PLACE OF SOLITUDE.
  11. FOUR
  12. GRACE BLACK SACROSANCT GEOMETRIC GIRL OBLIVION’S STARRY SKY MOORED TO NOTHINGNESS
  13. FIVE
  14. GRACE BLACK HARMONY COFFERED CONSONANTS NATURE’S LABYRINTH ABOVE BIRD’S FLIGHT; PITCH OF A
  15. SIX
  16. MARIO SAKRAN UNTITLED WALKING ACROSS THE ROOM ONE MINUTE FOUR YEARS OF REHAB
  17. SEVEN
  18. DANE MILLER IN HER ABSENCE ON AN AUTUMN NIGHT, THE FIERY SUN GOD’S CLOAK BURNS. I WEAR SILK BOXERS.
  19. EIGHT
  20. KASHA NYSTRAND DREAMLESS SLEEP NO CLOUDS IN THE SKY PEOPLE STAY AWAKE WONDERING WHAT THEIR DREAMS WOULD BE
  21. NINE
  22. CAROL KOHN A BAD SITUATION POT AND ALCOHOL A TEENAGE BOY IN A CAR BAD SITUATION
  23. TEN
  24. TEDDY KIMATHI THE STAGE ON STAGE A HEART EASILY TAKEN AWAY -- MASTERS OF MUSIC
  25. ELEVEN
  26. MACIE LAMONTAGNE WINTER NEW WORLD UNDERNEATH EMPTY FROM ALL THE DEBRIS DEATH LIES UNDER SNOW
  27. TWELVE
  28. LIZ MOORE THE BEAUTY IN DEATH GREEN TREES CATCH ON FIRE GLASS LEAVES SHATTERED BENEATH FEET RED AND ORANGE DEATH.
  29. THIRTEEN
  30. TIFFANY DIAS EPHEMERAL WINTER FRIGID ICE SCULPTURES OF TEMPORARY BEAUTY LAST IN MEMORY
  31. FOURTEEN
  32. COLIN CAMPBELL SOFT CARPET OF LEAVES SOFT CARPET OF LEAVES LIFE-FORCE GOES BACK TO THE SOIL BUT WE MUST FALL TOO
  33. FIFTEEN
  34. COLIN CAMPBELL FAST FALLING RAINDROPS VISCERAL IMAGE OF MY IMAGINATION ETCHED IN SCARLET INK
  35. SIXTEEN
  36. MACIE LAMONTAGNE THE UNKNOWN DAZZLING WONDER. THOUGHTS WHISPER EMPTY FUTURE. FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
  37. SEVENTEEN
  38. MARYAM QURESHI POETRY OF EARTH THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE APPEARED MAGNIFICENTLY AMONG STINKING WEEDS
  39. EIGHTEEN
  40. BILL MELTON NURSING HOME III WORLDLY POSSESSIONS LOCKER AND IN THREE DRAWERS AND AWAIT THE END
  41. NINETEEN
  42. BILL MELTON DANCER GRANDDADDY LONGLEGS HOLLYWOOD COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS BUT YOU COULDN’T DANCE
  43. TWENTY
  44. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  45. TWENTY- ONE
  46. JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON SLOWLY SO SLOWLY SLOWLY SO SLOWLY UNTYING THESE APRON STRINGS- HE LETS GO INSTANTLY
  47. TWENTY- TWO
  48. JOHN REINHART PRESENTS UNFOLDING STARFISH LIKE REVERSE ORIGAMI SCREAMING SILENTLY
  49. TWENTY- THREE
  50. GRACE BLACK SABOTAGE CRISP SHADOWS UNTOLD LUCENT SHARDS OF BROKEN GLASS GHOSTS SIPHONING DREAMS
  51. TWENTY- FOUR
  52. JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON YELLOW LEAVES YELLOW LEAVES FALL INTO MY TEA‒ ZEST OF LEMON
  53. TWENTY- FIVE
  54. KASHA NYSTRAND AUTUMN LEAVES RESEMBLANCE TO FLAMES ORANGE AND YELLOW AUTUMN LEAVES HANGING ON TREES SURROUNDED BY FOG RESEMBLE FLAMES IN A SMOKE CLOUD
  55. TWENTY- SIX
  56. C.C. RUSSELL ONE EMPTY PAGE ONE EMPTY PAGE FLUTTERS BY, AUTUMN’S GHOST, CAUGHT IN THIS CHILL BREEZE.
  57. TWENTY- SEVEN
  58. COLIN CAMPBELL STONE FOREST SHADOWS STONE FOREST SHADOWS WHERE KUNMING MEMORIES WILL OUTLIVE ALL OF US
  59. TWENTY- EIGHT
  60. TO’WEDNESDAY SIBLEY BREEZE I WAKE IN A DAZE SENSING ITS BREEZE ON MY SKIN THEN I CLOSE MY EYES.
  61. TWENTY- NINE
  62. CHRISTOPHER GUSEK UNTITLED MY TREELESS BACKYARD IS DUSTED WITH WINDBLOWN LEAVES
  63. THIRTY
  64. A.J. HUFFMAN THE REEF PREDATORY PLAYGROUND SUNKEN SPLENDOR HIDES DEATH IN LANGUID SHADOWS
  65. THIRTY- ONE
  66. MARTIN GOTTLIEB COHEN WINDOW SILL WINDOW SILL SPRING MOONLIGHT GATHERS ON THE DUST
  67. THIRTY- TWO
  68. JOSEPH J KOZMA UNTITLED NATURE IS SLEEPING LEGISLATORS ARE AWAKE TIME IS MOVING ON
  69. THIRTY- THREE
  70. MARK VOLZ OUR OUR ERODED VALUES OUR DESTRUCTION FROM WITHIN OUR EXTINGUISHED DREAMS
  71. THIRTY- FOUR
  72. DEBORAH GUZZI A WIND MOVES A WIND MOVES THE TREE SHADOWS: CARP SCATTER
  73. THIRTY- FIVE
  74. JASON C. SEGARRA UNTITLED THE MORNING CROW WAKES IT'S CAWS, SO CLOSE TOGETHER THEY SOUND LIKE LAUGHTER
  75. THIRTY- SIX
  76. AMY WEAVER FREEDOM WHAT A STRONG NEW FORCE; BLACK, WHITE, AND OF A WOMAN! WHAT MINORITY?
  77. THIRTY- SEVEN
  78. STEPHAN ANSTEY IN JACK'S HOMETOWN A FILTHY LADY WATCHES THE GAME WITHOUT JACK AND SMOKES A PALL MALL
  79. THIRTY- EIGHT
  80. AMY BELL CLOUD WATCHING EVERY CLOUD IS A COMPULSION, AN ANIMAL SCRUTINIZATION.
  81. THIRTY- NINE
  82. KAYLEA CHAMPION LOWER COLUMBUS DRIVE BLUE SATIN PULLED NEAT SMOOTH OVER SIDEWALK MATTRESS ONE BLOCK FROM PRIVILEGE
  83. FORTY
  84. ELIZABETH MITCHELL GAS STATION KLEPTO PORCELAIN FIGURES, HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. STICKY FINGERS COVET THEM.
  85. FORTY- ONE
  86. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  87. FORTY- TWO
  88. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  89. FORTY- THREE
  90. ANNA CATES UNTITLED ASHEN SKY I BYPASS A BLACK HEARSE
  91. FORTY- FOUR
  92. ANNA CATES UNTITLED COUNTY FAIR . . . CUMULUS CLOUDS OF COTTON CANDY CORN DOG (99) SCENTS
  93. FORTY- FIVE
  94. REBECCA KANE AT THE FARM WIND WORN SHED WINDOWSILLS LINED WITH FLY CARCASSES
  95. FORTY- SIX
  96. HERB KAUDERER NIGHT CHIC COLD PURPLE NEON REFLECTS OFF POLISHED MARBLE AND PLASTIC FLOWERS
  97. FORTY- SEVEN
  98. JOANN GRISETTI UNTITLED WEARING A SHROUD THE LOWER HILLS UNSEEN THIS MORNING
  99. FORTY- EIGHT
  100. EDWARD HUDDLESTON CROSSROADS BESIDE THE CROSSROADS THEY LINGER LIKE HITCHHIKERS THE ROADSIDE CROSSES
  101. FORTY- NINE
  102. JOANN GRISETTI UNTITLED AGAIN AN AUNT AGAIN A MOURNER - SUCH PERFECT FINGERS
  103. FIFTY
  104. JOSEPH ROBERTS SEEDS OF WISDOM THE DROUGHT WITHERED CROP SURROUNDS THE TEARFUL FARMER SEEDS OF WISDOM FALL
  105. FEATURED POEM
  106. ELENA MALEC MORNING CHILL- CHINA CUP WITH STEAMING CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA YERBA MATE- DRINKING WITH FRIENDS FROM A HOLLOW GOURD GRACEFUL MAIKO- THE IVORY TEA SCOOP IN GLOVED HANDS DESERT MOONLIGHT- CAMELS AND BEDOUINS AROUND THE TEA KETTLE DOG DAYS- SUPERMARKETS RAN OUT OF ICED TEA