Monday Poems

by Mark GibbonsRaven strutsDown the sidewalkTastingThe airShakes itsTuxedo tailDips to cleanThe cementCaws to anotherCombing the grassHop-RoamingThe…

by Joe WilkinsIsn't it a shame, my grandmother said,silver fork in her shivering fist,how we have to go on eating?We were sitting up to burnt…

For those who love it, and for those who've never heard of this classic bit of cowboy humor:REINCARNATIONby Wallace McCrea"What does Reincarnation mean?"A…

by Lois Red ElkThis day, I adorn braidedsweet grass earrings handeddown from Mother's Santeerings of aromatic medicine.From the ancestor lands ofFather's…

by Joe WilkinsFreeze Out NotchThe breath of mountainsis dry grass and sloped fieldsof winter wheat. Their eyesare bedrock and ice.Clearwater CanyonOld men…

by Jennifer FalleinThere is the dark onewith that sheenof fluorescent greenthe impossible colorof a male mallard's neck in sun.And there is the salmon…

by Lowell Jaegerwe lay with our legs entwinedbreath to breathmattress on the floorcandle-nub sputteringon the nightstandwindows crying cold rainour ghosts…

by Bruce MortonThe shepherd has taken leave,a no account. Wildand wooly are the sheep,coutless to the nth power—flocking sheep, herds, hordes,at warp…

Jet black, coal black, midnight black now unassuming but present. Her walk strained, each step deliberate. Last winter her urine stained the snow red…

I always forget the name,delphinium,even though it was the flowerthe hummingbirdsloved best. They came in pairs—sleek,emerald-brightheads, the clockwork…