write about the beautiful stone. "Set In Stone"	Check Out Leonardo's response from Noel's Incubated Art Picture Poetry Write about one of the pictures in this issue, it's Picture Poetry See Leonardo's entry in last issue's creative response word game Words Join the Invitation List Sign the Guestbook
Rita Rita Bo Beada by Maryann Hazen Rita says there are too many people telling her what to do       in her head. [ m o r e ]	Water Nymphs by Rachel Teoh The purple depths when night has fell arouse the nymphs from sleep They gather on the blackened rocks and weave out through the waters deep, [ m o r e ]
the grass isn't green enough anymore by Preston Holston the grass isn't green enough anymore the trees stopped dancing with the wind [ m o r e ] In a tiny room by Laurence Overmire the dust upon the floor a cache of broken curios [ m o r e ] Astonishment Glides by Mark Phillips Astonishment glides in from outside our locked-up fears, when we have boasted about our faith, [ m o r e ] Wind Gypsies by David Messler I stand on the mountaintop, alone but free. Winds swirl and clasp pulling at me. [ m o r e ]	talk to it "Whisper"
THE ENCHANTED TYPEWRITER by James Geegan The first time I noticed I was merely the operator of the typewriter and that the machine itself was the real brains happened while sitting late at night trying to figure out just where that old muse of mine had crept off to this time. [ m o r e ] Elegy for the Eighth Day by Denis Michel Garrison From the palisades of Umiak, the arctic elders call. San Rafael illuminati find their guru at the mall. [ m o r e ]	No More by Leah Holguin Angels stacked upon crosses All that reamins in this field Screaming silently [ m o r e ] CONNECTION by Lydia D. Hart As I was enveloped by a shadow of my emptiness,       how could this day be so full of light and promise? [ m o r e ]
a poem without words "Paranoic Portrrait"	MY SHADOW by Duane Locke My shadow performed angular acrobatics, As if music hall performer in Nineteenth-Century Paris. [ m o r e ] Wonderland by Jennifer Sweeney Fairlylands and flying angels Guarding me and guiding me [ m o r e ] Tadano, "The Crane" by Pamela Stollings His benevolent limb cranes up to the sky He attracts and retracts to please his master [ m o r e ] Strange World by Justin Foley How strange it is To see a world where No one is truthful, [ m o r e ]
Cannibals by J. Kevin Wolfe I was standing at the gates of Hell A vegetarian shook the iron from inside and with a horrid face, "Cannibals, we're all Cannibals" he sighed [ m o r e ] CURTAINS by Duane Locke The curtains closed their eyes, The room vanished. [ m o r e ]	The Leaving Pool by Kevin W. Grossman She thinks of skipping a stone across Deadwood Pond, shifting foot weight on waters marsh edge, reed fence forts hide the rose anklet tattoos from college sorority [ m o r e ] Poem for Heather by Todd Contsnipe Like a falling mist on a hazy afternoon, she breathes a freshness into stale and bitter days. [ m o r e ]
With These Hands I by J. Kevin Wolfe With these hands I have held the most precious human thing: [ m o r e ] royals by Chris Wanten my one and only my queen of dreams who I adore in sleep [ m o r e ] No More Shall I Care by Trisha Hanudel No more will I listen to the lies They bring me too close to my own demise [ m o r e ] The Tragic Memory by Misty Lynn Lackey The midnight tragedy turned for the worse. A often occurrence of destiny turned into failure. [ m o r e ]	write about this "Float"
Jane Vodee O’Doe by Maryann Hazen I wish to have an exotic name       take a luscious name             a saucy name, a glossy name [ m o r e ] Remington by Jennifer Sweeney Tumbleweed spinning through this lonely desert I ride upwards toward the layered mountains [ m o r e ]	Criminal by Trisha Hanudel So you think it's finally over now Running from your past again Believing you're invincible [ m o r e ] A Poem for Jimmy by Pamela Stollings He cried out with a passionate plea when I said goodbye forever [ m o r e ]

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