Tag Archives: National Poetry Month

Susan Scheid I listen with my heart in my eyes; little is visible to me.Silence cools the breath between words. © 2019 Susan Scheid Susan Scheid lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC with her family and her vivid … Continue reading →

Joan Dobbie Snow melting fastBirds come out of hiding — some sing — (c) 2019 Joan Dobbie Joan Dobbie co-hosts the monthly River Road Reading Series riverroadreadings.blogspot.com. She co-created “The Many Faces of Hatha Yoga” (Kendall Hunt, 2012) and published … Continue reading →

S. E Ingraham As her memory cells degrade, she finds herself grasping for thoughts, ideas, recollections; Begins to realize – she’s present tense, awash in despair, clinging to the vaguest notions of before. © 2019 S. E Ingraham S.E Ingraham … Continue reading →

Grace Cavalieri Don’t underestimate yourself.Consider the brown cow who eats green grass and gives white milk. © 2019 Grace Cavalieri Grace Cavalieri is Maryland’s tenth Poet Laureate. Jo Balistreri Kyoto cherry trees in bedmother’s last watercolor © 2019 Jo Balistreri … Continue reading →

Francesca Rand A poem is a fierce thought wrestled onto paper,a beautiful catharsis frees the burdened soul. © 2019 Francesca Rand Francesca is an English instructor, coach and tutor in Northern Virginia. She lives in Aldie, Va Anita Nahal Single … Continue reading →

David Lego The boy, too small to reach the wall urinalstands in the stall, streaming consciousness, and relief © 2019 Dave Lego Dave resides in Virginia and often finds himself stalled. Pamela Murray Winters Carnation under my right ear      variegated … Continue reading →

Donna Isaac Loud & Soft Underneath the drone, the mumble of riverwater fingering stone, more telling than voices from podium or pulpit. ©2019 Donna Isaac  Donna Isaac, poet and teaching artist, lives on a snowy pond in Minnesota, but her … Continue reading →

Claudia Gary A Cure for Insomnia?    Fathomless fears who grind away my slumbers, I’ll feed your gears imaginary numbers. ©2019 Claudia Gary Claudia Gary’s poems appear in anthologies and journals internationally. Author of Humor Me (David Robert Books, 2006) … Continue reading →

Michelle LT O’Hearn Speak up That guy worked for me for a short time before being promoted to Director. She’s been here for years and never told me she wanted the job. © 2019 Michelle LT O’Hearn Michelle “MiCKi” O’Hearn … Continue reading →

Marion Cohen The Five Senses Smells, sights, and sounds travel through the air But taste and touch have to be right there. ©2019 Marion Deutsche Cohen Marion Deutsche Cohen is the author of 27 collections of poetry or memoir; her latest … Continue reading →