SUN UP

I dreamt I could see the year to come,

beyond fearful comets or tarot cards,

beyond a palmist's lines of head or heart,

beyond a medium of tea leaves

in my cup,

to where the earth was a crystal ball.

I could view it all, clear through

to the side where the sun was always up,

and a dark downside

was just my point of view.

©2004 Lee Collins

HOW I SEE SUSANNA

She's an angel without wings.

She's a lady without airs.

She's beauty when it sings.

She's love without a care.

She has passions deep as mine.

She has beauty and to spare.

She has style so well refined.

She has ways I find so fair.

©2004 Gerardo Venegas Hernandez

WINTER RENDEZVOUS

Meet me there, among the pine, where

green merges with silky powder and

needles tremble with musical whisper.

Drink with me of this luscious fruit.

Let us meld like earth and root.

Fill the emptiness of my nest with

the echoes of a midnight sky.

I will warm your cool breath with

mine, till the needles fall

onto the earth and

crows pray

©2004 Orania Hamilton

IF I MAY SAY

From the waves of your tresses

flows the river of my dreams;

The flower blooming from your lips

Fills the vase of my heart.

Hearing the voice of your heart

God comes into my heart,

delirious, a whirling dervish.

©2004 Mani Suri

MISSING YOU

Old eucalyptus is bright with birds this morning

Red-headed woodpecker at attention on the trunk

Little yellow warblers hopping branch to branch

Ruby-breasted finches flutter at the feeder

I need to say, "Oh, Honey, look!"

©2004 Elaine Harper