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Margaret Owen Ruckert
3 July 2026a newbie poet
she steps like a waterbird
cautiously
optimistic of finding
words to keep her afloat -
Dan Hardison
1 July 2026for a moment
a burst of morning light
brightens the side
of a distant mountain
then spreads into day -
Margaret Owen Ruckert
21 June 2026leaves of waterlilies
make a puzzle
already solved
yet i ponder how to find
space for all my wishes -
Margaret Owen Ruckert
25 April 2026as a child
she hugged wildflowers
migration
changed their names
still she searches, whenever -
Debbie Strange
4 March 2026I hand-stitch
a bereavement quilt
through the night
silver threads unwind
from spools of my tears -
Sreenath Mysore
24 February 2026distant memories
linger
but yesterday’s hazy…
like the landscape flying past
in the train window -
Debbie Strange
12 February 2026and still
I am cut to the heart
by these blades
of wild iris swaying
around your tomb -
Debbie Strange
31 January 2026sometimes
it all seems too much
to bear,
but then comes the rain
and a wood thrush singing -
Sreenath Mysore
6 December 2025remember the time
we used to build
hills on sand
strange fate
ending up as neighbors abroad -
Debbie Strange
6 November 2025I turn
my gaze inward
how dark
this long journey
back into the light
