Five Poems by Five Authors
Dee Doyle • judi
goldberg • leslie hoffman
Ingrid Kincaid • Dixie
Lewis
from June Bugs Out of Season
PenHouseInk, Volume 2
ISBN 1-931002-26-6
PenHouseInk Press, 2003
Dee Doyle
Forever Dance
Water Skeeter
dashing daring
you smirk
at fish who cannot match your
splendid dance on leaf-shaded water
your moves show bravado old friend but
if you see only your reflection
beware
while quiet fish meander below you
a hungry frog waits to strike
judi goldberg
Rose Petals & Fingerprints
he fingered my brain
and touched my soul leaving
memories scattered like
rose petals drifting
down river
& I
woke
that first night
after surgery
because I heard hammering
the sounds
of paneling going up over skeleton walls
in the dark
my lame eye
encased in a misty shroud I followed
the clamor
the river was a foggy morning
the pounding phantom
the clatter
a shadow of
fingerprints
leslie hoffman
Bad Blood on the Rise
ominous signs
before the dust cloud settles
in Berkeley
leftists protest, againafter the dust cloud settles
at ground zero
rightists fight rightists, a first
zealotry begets
germicide
genocide
Solomon’s truth
the sacrificed woman savior
not an inconsequential act
all this and Pluto II
Ingrid Kincaid
Winter Bison
Wearing only a shaggy coat
He stands alone
Stark against the winter
Icicles hang from his beard
Breath clouds form then vanish
The icicles stay
Snow-laden trees bear witness
Head bowed
He is honoring the dead
Dixie Lewis
Haiku
Stray notes from within
Shaping hollow talk to gods
Wind chimes in a storm