A Hundred Gourds

index

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unexpected chinook
I breathe the piney fragrance
of promises

Frances Jones - U.S.A.

deep crevasses
in the pine's bark
our youthful indiscretions

Carolyn Hall - U.S.A.

breathing in ...
just another
pine tree

paul m. - U.S.A.

in his winter gho
the weatherman promises
spring sunshine

* gho: Bhutanese male garment

Sonam Chhoki - Bhutan

skittering stones ...
a raven clears the mountain
from its craw

Claire Everett - U.K.

skipping stone
i move
the mountain

Polona Oblak - Slovenia

casting stones ...
surrounding each splash
the ripples

Liz Rule - Australia

new mega-church
one big
glass house

Peter Newton - U.S.A.

Canada geese
jockey for position
election year

Carolyn Coit Dancy - U.S.A.

bird banding
an old proverb
needs revision

Jeff Hoagland - U.S.A.

the Flying Dutchman –
in the old traveling bag
a dilapidated guide

Krzysztof Kokot - Poland

Corfu.
A power line cuts
the moon

Volker Friebel - Germany

Harar ...
not all the hyenas
outside the wall

Bob Lucky - Ethiopia

Jackson Square
at night, roaming by the dozens
cat's eyes

Sylvia Santiago - Canada

annular eclipse
I find myself again
east of a line

Tzetzka Ilieva - U.S.A.