Poetry
Summer Pictures By Melissa Kalinowski A goldfinch erupts from a thistle colony, clouds of silky down travel on the wind, the lake disappears under a green spread where bees sip sweetness from water lilies, a heron lands in the richness; without a lens the mind...
Poetry
On a Summer’s Day For Kirsten Yellow spears of loosestrife band together and march along the creek, songs of cardinals descend from trees, the stream, a timekeeper, of its course rolls over bathing stones and logs and finally joins the beach, sands as soft as...
Poetry
About the Future By Melissa Kalinowski When in a dream I find myself in the forest of green darkness, I’m not afraid; buttercups glow like fireflies in the night sky, there’s goodness. A monarch is my metaphor— life changes with a simple turn of wings. Fast...
Poetry
Tree, Crooked Rock & Flames By Melissa Kalinowski Where the pine on a crooked rock shades and shelters music sounding from the cascades, wildflowers begin and wander deep into the woods. What surprises come next? Utter their names: Anemone Maianthemum...
Poetry
At Lakeside By Melissa Kalinowski If I were to tell you about the nest a pair of tree swallows leave, in turn, as high-speed flashes of light veering, swooping, capturing flies for their brood— I’ll tell you about last Fall when another bird discovered...
