A Hundred Gourds

index

page 15

peace cairn
the delicate balance
of détente

Carolyn Coit Dancy - U.S.A.

safe from the avalanche
beer
with a full head

LeRoy Gorman - Canada

country pub
a butter churn converted
into the swear box

Andre Surridge - New Zealand

instant coffee
me and my neighbour
set the world to rights

John McManus - U.K.

mummy painting the young girl's eyes wide open

Margaret Dornaus - U.S.A.

black water pond
how deep
the crow's eyes

Sanjukta Asopa - India

junk cars
piled three high
a rusty red sunset

Todd Grant - Canada

family farm
three generations
of tractors

Alan S. Bridges - U.S.A.

abandoned shed ...
a turf cutter's boot
beyond the threshold

Thomas Powell - N. Ireland

old shed –
he claims 1966
for a pillow

Scott Terrill - Australia

red shifts
at the hippodrome
my unbelief

Patrick Sweeney - Japan

leaving in its wake
the echo of silence ...
a TGV

Keith A. Simmonds - Trinidad & Tobago

childhood home
a new bike path
where the train ran

Francis Masat - U.S.A.

ghost station –
the sound of hasty steps
trickles from the wall

Ramona Linke - Germany

to the end of the line
the smiling face
on the back of the bus

LeRoy Gorman - Canada

the homeless gentleman
a little soft-shoe
in his stride

Peter Newton - U.S.A.