Poetry
The Way By Melissa Kalinowski Of the way the bumblebee goes, hangs upside down from the flower head of goldenrod, the way it absorbs the sunny panorama, the way it fetches sugary stores, the way it quits and journeys to a home far afield; an idea— of what...
Poetry
Serenity By Melissa Kalinowski Let the peace of a summer night ascend burdens from the day. Let the body rest in the woodland and witness lively affairs: the relays of ants race from trees to underground tunnels with nurseries, the golden hornets fly and hunt...
Poetry
The Valley By Melissa Kalinowski It was there when the wind parted the leaves, tethered to a branch of the oak with silk, the amulet of a hummingbird’s nest and safely inside natural jewels. Where its existence relied on the spider’s gifts, in the stillness...
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...
