Issue #9

Posted March 27, 2016

Issue #9 features poems by: Sandra Barnett, Paul Beech, Robert Beveridge, Eliza Callard, Patricia Campion, Bob Carlton, Erin Castaldi, Anna Cates, Lorraine Cipriano, Nicholas Dangelo, Michael Flanagan, Amy Fletcher, Jay Friedenberg, Susan Gentry, Tanya Grae, Christopher Gusek, Deborah Guzzi, James Croal Jackson, Joseph J Kozma, Rebecca Kane, Alethea Kehas, Martin Knabe, Brea McConnal, Catfish McDaris, Bill Melton, Ian Mullins, Kasha Nystrand, JoyAnne ODonnell, Rachel Pond, John Reinhart, Jackie Maugh Robinson, Jenny Sanders, Ron Scully, Bill Simmons, Greg Stidham, JR Vork, David White, and Kim Drew Wright.

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  1. 50 Haikus 50 poems by select poets
  2. 50 Haikus Volume 1 Issue 9 ISBN: 978-1-63275-063-1 Edited by Glenn Lyvers and April Zipser ©2016 Prolific Press Inc. All Rights Reserved; No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Published by Prolific Press Inc., Harborton VA
  3. Poems 1-25 UNTITLED BILL SIMMONS UNTITLED BREA MCCONNAL AWAKENING ALETHEA KEHAS WIPERS OFF JR VORK APPLE PIE DEBORAH GUZZI GREEN MAPLE LEAF JR VORK HAIKU STORM KIM DREW WRIGHT UNTITLED JAY FRIEDENBERG BARN DISCOVERY DAVID WHITE UNTITLED SANDRA BARNETT FALL 2 ELIZA CALLARD WEEKEND MEMORIES REBECCA KANE WEEKEND ESCAPE REBECCA KANE ROAMING FREE LORRAINE CIPRIANO WORK ON AMY FLETCHER ACCEPTING NICHOLAS D'ANGELO BACK TO CHILDHOOD MARTIN KNABE YARD VERSE #1 JENNY SANDERS CARIBBEAN STORM BILL MELTON SPRINKLES SUSAN GENTRY SHADOWS SUSAN GENTRY RIGHT BEFORE WINTER LORRAINE CIPRIANO THE ROAD MAP JOSEPH J KOZMA CHRISTMAS BEGGAR GREG STIDHAM ORION'S FIXED GAZE JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON
  4. Poems 26-50 SOGGY SPRING ERIN CASTALDI SPRING PERCUSSION . . . ANNA CATES TRASH REBECCA KANE UNTITLED PAUL BEECH SPRING RACHEL POND UNTITLED ERIN CASTALDI UNTITLED ERIN CASTALDI OAKS AND ELMS MICHAEL FLANAGAN SNACKTIME RON SCULLY AZALEA BLOSSOM PATRICIA CAMPION WHITE POLKA DOT PATRICIA CAMPION EXPOSURE IAN MULLINS THIS SUNDAY MORNING TANYA GRAE UNTITLED BOB CARLTON UNTITLED BOB CARLTON SPRING HAIKU JOYANNE O'DONNELL SUNSHINE JOYANNE O'DONNELL ARSON JOHN REINHART NATURE'S PERFORMANCE KASHA NYSTRAND UNTITLED CHRISTOPHER GUSEK CONTEST JAMES CROAL JACKSON COCKTAIL DRESS RACHEL POND PAST CATFISH MCDARIS UNTITLED ROBERT BEVERIDGE POBLANO PEPPERS JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON
  5. ONE
  6. BILL SIMMONS UNTITLED A CERAMIC ANGEL IN THE ROCK GARDEN DREAMS OF THE FLESH
  7. TWO
  8. BREA MCCONNAL UNTITLED IN AUTUMN SHE BLOOMS THE PALE SHADOW OF SUMMER AND READY FOR DEATH
  9. THREE
  10. ALETHEA KEHAS AWAKENING CHILD INSIDE DANCE THE SACRED RHYTHM OF SOUL TRUTH, ECHO THE LIGHT
  11. FOUR
  12. JR VORK WIPERS OFF WIPERS OFF AS RAIN SPRINKLES MONET
  13. FIVE
  14. DEBORAH GUZZI APPLE PIE APPLE PIE WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM: DEER IN THE ORCHARD
  15. SIX
  16. JR VORK GREEN MAPLE LEAF GREEN MAPLE LEAF FADES TO BRITTLE BROWN -- HER LAUGHTER
  17. SEVEN
  18. KIM DREW WRIGHT HAIKU STORM WAKING FROM A NAP, SHE CLIMBS THE STAIRS TO HER ROOM FILLING WITH BRANCHES.
  19. EIGHT
  20. JAY FRIEDENBERG UNTITLED AGAIN SEEING THAT PERFECT FACE - SNOWMELT
  21. NINE
  22. DAVID WHITE BARN DISCOVERY YELLOW ENVELOPES ADDRESSED TO YOU BUT DUSTY NEAR FISHING TACKLE
  23. TEN
  24. SANDRA BARNETT UNTITLED BABY ELEPHANT SITTING BACK ON ITS HAUNCHES -- JAPANESE NETSUKE
  25. ELEVEN
  26. ELIZA CALLARD FALL 2 LEAVES LIKE A SHATTERED PEACH. BRANCHES DARK RIVERS, LIKE MICROSCOPE KIWI.
  27. TWELVE
  28. REBECCA KANE WEEKEND MEMORIES LOADING LAUNDRY SAVORING MY CLOTHING'S CAMPFIRE BOUQUET
  29. THIRTEEN
  30. REBECCA KANE WEEKEND ESCAPE CAMPFIRE DYING A BRIEF CADENCE OF ZIPPERS
  31. FOURTEEN
  32. LORRAINE CIPRIANO ROAMING FREE HORSES LEFT ALONE WILD OUT ON THE RANGELAND HIS UNTAMED MUSTANGS
  33. FIFTEEN
  34. AMY FLETCHER WORK ON CICADAS SCREAMING SALT ABOVE MY LIP AND BROW WAVE AWAY FATIGUE
  35. SIXTEEN
  36. NICHOLAS D'ANGELO ACCEPTING SLOW WALKING ON SHATTERED GLASS ACCEPTING
  37. SEVENTEEN
  38. MARTIN KNABE BACK TO CHILDHOOD BALL SKIPPING ON SAND - CHILDREN PRACTICING SOCCER DURING CEASEFIRE.
  39. EIGHTEEN
  40. JENNY SANDERS YARD VERSE #1 HOPELESS FEATHERWEIGHT SOFT BIRD, QUIET IN MY HAND A TINY STILL HEART
  41. NINETEEN
  42. BILL MELTON CARIBBEAN STORM FLICKER OF LIGHTNING BRIEF GLIMPSE OF A SHROUDED CLOUD SLANTING RAIN BELOW
  43. TWENTY
  44. SUSAN GENTRY SPRINKLES MOONLIGHT REFLECTIONS ILLUMINATE MEMORIES SPRINKLES OF LIFE STARS
  45. TWENTY- ONE
  46. SUSAN GENTRY SHADOWS TREES DIFFUSE SUNLIGHT AS TIME FILTERS MEMORIES SHADES OF OUR SHADOWS
  47. TWENTY- TWO
  48. LORRAINE CIPRIANO RIGHT BEFORE WINTER PINK CHRYSANTHEMUMS INSIDE THE HIDDEN GARDEN ALONG THE ENTRANCE
  49. TWENTY- THREE
  50. JOSEPH J KOZMA THE ROAD MAP GIVE ME THE ROAD MAP THE STARS STOPPED TALKING TONIGHT RIVERS KEEP FLOWING
  51. TWENTY- FOUR
  52. GREG STIDHAM CHRISTMAS BEGGAR ANCIENT ACNED FACE SQUATTING OUTSIDE LIQUOR STORE COINED CAN AT HIS SIDE
  53. TWENTY- FIVE
  54. JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON ORION'S FIXED GAZE ORION'S FIXED GAZE PIERCES THE DARKNESS- OUTRIGGER NIGHT WATCH
  55. TWENTY- SIX
  56. ERIN CASTALDI SOGGY SPRING SPRING SOAK, SOGGY GROUND BUDS PUSH THROUGH LOOMY SOIL A MURDER HOVERS.
  57. TWENTY- SEVEN
  58. ANNA CATES SPRING PERCUSSION . . . SPRING PERCUSSION . . . L I G H T R A I N UPON THE ROOFTOP . . .
  59. TWENTY- EIGHT
  60. REBECCA KANE TRASH CURIOUS CROWS LIFT AND LAND, LIFT AND LAND ATOP A MCDONALD'S BAG
  61. TWENTY- NINE
  62. PAUL BEECH UNTITLED BLACK ANVIL CLOUD METEORS SPARK CHURCH BELLS RING
  63. THIRTY
  64. RACHEL POND SPRING BEGINNING OF SPRING-- EVEN THE RAINDROPS HINT AT GREEN EUPHORIA
  65. THIRTY- ONE
  66. ERIN CASTALDI UNTITLED CRINOLINE WINGS TAKE HOSTAGE MY LAMPLIGHT LAZY AUGUST NIGHT.
  67. THIRTY- TWO
  68. ERIN CASTALDI UNTITLED FULL MOON, SLOW TO RISE MOUNTAINS SCREAM SHADES OF CORAL ROARING ITS DANCE.
  69. THIRTY- THREE
  70. MICHAEL FLANAGAN OAKS AND ELMS OAKS CLOTHED IN LEAVES, ELMS UNCARING IN THEIR NUDITY-- GRAY NIGHT WITH BLACK TREES
  71. THIRTY- FOUR
  72. RON SCULLY SNACKTIME ANIMAL CRACKERS SHE RESCUES THE ELEPHANTS FROM MY MANELY LIONS
  73. THIRTY- FIVE
  74. PATRICIA CAMPION AZALEA BLOSSOM UNSEASONABLE AZALEA BLOSSOM SHIVERS AND WILTS - MUCH TOO SOON
  75. THIRTY- SIX
  76. PATRICIA CAMPION WHITE POLKA DOT WHITE POLKA DOT STREWN ON THE HILL, IBISES GRAZE ON WINTER’S DRY GRASS.
  77. THIRTY- SEVEN
  78. IAN MULLINS EXPOSURE NIGHT-THUNDER CLIPS THE QUIET SHADOWS OF THE PEAK - LIGHTNING X-RAY
  79. THIRTY- EIGHT
  80. TANYA GRAE THIS SUNDAY MORNING THIS SUNDAY MORNING ONE EYE OPENED, ONE EYE CLOSED LOOKING AT THE CLOCK
  81. THIRTY- NINE
  82. BOB CARLTON UNTITLED WRITHING BENEATH NEWLY SPROUTED WEEDS: DROWNING EARTHWORMS.
  83. FORTY
  84. BOB CARLTON UNTITLED THE MOCKINGBIRD PLUCKS ONE RED BERRY-- WHOLE TREE SHAKES.
  85. FORTY- ONE
  86. JOYANNE O'DONNELL SPRING HAIKU THE TULIPS STAND PROUD COLORS SING SOUNDS OF WATER SUNSHINE WARMS PETALS.
  87. FORTY- TWO
  88. JOYANNE O'DONNELL SUNSHINE RAY OF PEACE SINGING RAYS OF BLUE TRULY BRINGING ROSES OF SWEET AIR.
  89. FORTY- THREE
  90. JOHN REINHART ARSON BLAZING SUNLIGHT MORNING LIKE NO OTHER HOME IN FLAMES
  91. FORTY- FOUR
  92. KASHA NYSTRAND NATURE'S PERFORMANCE WIND BLOWS MAKING MUSIC FLOWERS SWAY IN SUN RAYS DANCING IN THE SPOTLIGHT
  93. FORTY- FIVE
  94. CHRISTOPHER GUSEK UNTITLED EVAPORATING RAIN A CHILD'S LOST SHOE IN THE PUDDLE
  95. FORTY- SIX
  96. JAMES CROAL JACKSON CONTEST ENTERED THE CONTEST A KID RAN INTO THE STREET THERE IS NO WINNING
  97. FORTY- SEVEN
  98. RACHEL POND COCKTAIL DRESS COMPLIMENTED CURVES SLIPPING INTO A RED COCKTAIL DRESS ENRAPTURING HIS THOUGHTS
  99. FORTY- EIGHT
  100. CATFISH MCDARIS PAST BUFFALO GHOSTS DANCE TUMBLEWEEDS MELT IN GRAY SNOW FISH EAT THE CRICKETS
  101. FORTY- NINE
  102. ROBERT BEVERIDGE UNTITLED PENNSYLVANIA DAWN: SUN CRACKS AGAINST COAL ADRIFT WITH FRAGRANT PINE BOUGHS
  103. FIFTY
  104. JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON POBLANO PEPPERS POBLANO PEPPERS BURNING MY TONGUE HEATED DEBATE