A Hundred Gourds

index

page 7

counting lizards
while making my own breeze
summer solstice

Beverly Acuff Momoi - U.S.A.

sunlight stripes
through the fence
skinks

Leanne Mumford - Australia

heatwave
an ostinato
of crickets

Quendryth Young - Australia

idle afternoon
I time the wave
of cicada thrum

Nathalie Buckland - Australia

ripening amplitude the storied borders breathe

Susan Diridoni - U.S.A.

whippoorwill
the unfolding swish
of her fan

Angela Terry - U.S.A.

insect wing
on my palm
lifelines

Quendryth Young - Australia

the progeria child just trying to blend in white grasshopper

Bill Cooper - U.S.A.

turtle pond
the seeming void
of universe

Helga Stania - Switzerland

midges at dusk ...
a willie wagtail
clears its throat

Rodney Williams - Australia

the quick slam of the screen door — mosquito season

Beverly Acuff Momoi - U.S.A.

cranefly
in the mirror
a Busby Berkeley still

Helen Buckingham - U.K.

hobo signs
along the tracks
lit by fireflies

T. D. Ingram - U.S.A.

firefly in a jar
wings
intermittently

LeRoy Gorman - Canada

all night diner
a fly swimming
in pancake syrup

Mike Blottenberger - U.S.A.