Free Man by Christopher Owens
Through the window, my possessions fall
Landing with a "boom", "clang" or "slam"
But I take a quick liking
To the satisfying bark of "shatter"...
Ruthie United by Theresa Boyar
It was hard to imagine her not in pieces.
Limbs restrung, scattered teeth realigned
inside an unscarred mouth. She was easier
disassembled and redesigned with false parts...
Reclaim by Debi Faulkner
The sea breathed here
before swell reduced to river,
before salt retreated from shores...
52nd and Spruce by Allison Whittenberg
An old man sits on the cement stoop
of the storefront
while Fred strums the strings of his guitar
with the tips of his still nimble fingers...
Breath Was Easy by Maureen Taylor
Breath was easy.
The slow in out of it
Comfort
Knowing everything was out of my control...
Tidal Chart by Mitali Perkins
Three feet higher than normal
may wash out some roads
A magnetic moon thickens the wetness,
waiting for a sign to steady the sea...
Ice Age by Allen McGill
Curiously, the farther north we sail, the sunnier
the days become. It's as if I've brought warm
weather with me on this sailing to Alaska...
The Sea by Selena Thomason
Throughout the years
the poets would run to the sea,
When their minds were troubled
and their lives turbulent...
