Poetry Corner – Volume 17
Poetry Corner
May 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
Bill Carpenter
and his guest Kathleen O'Kula
Peace
My fist opens
in a blossom of fingers
palm exposed
its five petals
no longer a hammer
or a club
but a cup
or a bowl
or if joined
with another
a link
in...
Poetry Corner – Volume 16
Poetry Corner
April 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
Ryk McIntyre
and his guest Matthew Richards
Leonardo Loves Me, This I Know
(After the Mona Lisa)
Slight smiles are like chameleons – if one showed itself
to you, how would you know...
Poetry Corner – Volume 15
Poetry Corner
March 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
D.A. Wils
and her guest Stacee Lee Melville
The Gardener
I looked up and saw his dark hands,
so wide and soft,
Holding a vibrant green stem
with a yellow bud resting atop its...
Poetry Corner – Volume 13
Poetry Corner
December 2011 silent lotus' Selected Poets'
Jon Wolston
and his guest Kelley White PASSION OF THE FIRST ASCENT
What have I got against wisterias,
hacking away at them
as they round the corner,
find the downspout,
and ascend skyward,
leaving brown curlicues
to...