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...
Poetry
Queens of the Forest By Melissa Kalinowski When they rise from beds in peace with pink slippers and pearly diadems, we fall for them. Still, some fall into greed for land and take beauty captive. What spirits survive unnatural custody? Not me. Not you. It’s the...
Poetry
Shooting Stars By Melissa Kalinowski There is a Milky Way in the meadow, starry flowers in the grass, Wild lilies of the valley, Golden Alexanders, radiant beams, twinkling Feathery false lilies, clusters of Daisy Fleabane and evidence of Shooting Stars: not...
Poetry
Up Early By Melissa Kalinowski Where a woodland path hides from the sun A thicket of seed lanterns shine, I wade a stream of ferns on lowland, In the trees hidden birds sing out, Starry flowers glow in their shade, A fallen log, a poet’s seat; My heart just...
Poetry
Dignity By Melissa Kalinowski When strong she made a cloak from bark. Many yearsher heart grew beneath it. One day the attacks began.First came the thunderstorms throwing hail and strongwinds. Next, a plague of beetles pierced her skin to setup encampments and...
