2011 POETRY

August

  • August Thoughts by Floriana Hall
  • Seasonal by Holly Day
  • Today At Ho'okipa by Cathy Quaglia
  • Youth by Sebastian Lopez
  • A Lesson In French by Jefferson Hunt
  • The Stones That Sleep by BRASH
  • Like Waiting By The Telephone by Bill Roberts
  • Young Boys, Older Boys by Gilda A. Herrera
  • So Aunt Elsie Says by Debbie Hilbish
  • Without Poetry by Francis Hart
  • A Napse In Time by Jad Sheikali
  • Shakespearean Baseball Sonnet #76 by Michael Ceraolo
  • Kentucky Blue by Michael Lee Johnson
  • Goddess Of The Sea by Cathy Quaglia
  • The Purple Garden by Joanna M. Weston
  • Hummingbirds And Butterflies by Floriana Hall
  • Weekend In The Woods by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • Summer's End by Patricia Crandall
  • Rear View Mirror by Rosemary Biggio

July
  • July- Boom! by Floriana Hall 
  • The Declination Of Independence by Terry Foote
  • The United States Military by Shirley Securro
  • Summer by James Piatt
  • Battle Scent by Jad Sheikali
  • The Road From Here To There by Cathy Quaglia
  • The Daisy In The Honey Jar by DeAnna Lee Pope
  • Rising Tide by Joanne Oliver
  • Sand by Holly Day
  • Right Ascension by Mira Sanz
  • Sierra Retreat by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • Lee Shore by Abigail Wyatt
  • Lady Wind Visits by Jon Bowers
  • California Summer by Michael Lee Johnson
  • Let Freedom Ring by Shirley Securro
  • America by Patricia Crandall

June
  • Huelo by Cathy Quaglia
  • Midsummer by Susan K. Bernhardt
  • West Virginia by Nell Berry
  • Carl Sandburg, Idols In The Sand, and Galesburg Shacks by Michael Lee Johnson
  • Sigh by Brett Devlin
  • Floatability by Bob McHeffey
  • Staff Infections by John Tzikas
  • Down On The Farm by Bill Roberts
  • Shakespearean Baseball Sonnet #43 by Michael Ceraolo
  • Churning River by Twixt
  • Sand by Reem Rhondakar
  • Waipio Bay by Cathy Quaglia
  • Each Day A Gift by Patricia Wellingham-Jones

May
  • A Day In May by Floriana Hall
  • Jacquline’s Song by Cathy Quaglia
  • footprints by cm
  • The Unfinished Book by Bill Roberts
  • A Mother by Shirley Securro
  • subtlety by Jason Sturner
  • A Mother’s Prayer by Amye Nicole Bird
  • At The ‘Chick Flick’ by Ronald Charles Epstein
  • Bearing Witness by Maralee Gerke
  • A Mother’s Lament by Abigail Wyatt
  • Electric In The Sun by Michael Lee Johnson
  • Mama Always Knows by BRASH
  • A Woman’s Role by Floriana Hall
  • Farewell, A Letter by Cathy Quaglia

April
  • Jesus, The Crucified by Nell Berry
  • Through The Looking Glass by Cathy Quaglia
  • Old Books by Edward Rodosek
  • Spring At The Farm by James Piatt
  • Eternal by Virginia Munoz
  • The Pattern by Floriana Hall
  • He’s Not Related To Me by Joe DiBuduo
  • Bad Poetry Night by Alexandra Hughes
  • Traveling A Spring Thruway by Patricia Crandall
  • Shakespearean Sonnet #26 by Michael Ceraolo
  • Two Stanzas On Poetry by Joseph Hart
  • Jesus, Messiah by Nell Berry
  • Portrait of the Poet by Patricia Wellingham-Jones

March
  • A Bird At The End Of Winter by Abigail Wyatt
  • Time And Tide by Cathy Quaglia
  • It Is What It Is by Floriana Hall
  • Early Morning March 19 by Maralee Gerke
  • Gray And Warm by Roger Singer
  • Management by Gregory Liffick
  • Neon by Reem Khondakar
  • Survival by Bob McHeffey
  • A True Friend by Joe DiBuduo
  • Questions by BRASH
  • What I Told The Birds by John Tzikas
  • Unexpected by Patricia Crandall
  • A Spring Day by James Piatt
  • One Night, Wandering Dublin by John Lander

February
  • So Much Fun by Cathy Quaglia
  • A Month Of Love by Floriana Hall
  • A Girl That Looked Like You by Bill Roberts
  • Up Until Now by Tanya Sinha
  • Inability To Express by Annique le Roux
  • Diminished Returns by Twixt
  • Describing A Color To A Blind Woman by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • My Kinda Guy by Gloria Watts
  • There’s No Broken Hearts Here by Jacqueline Howett
  • And The Winner Is by Martha O’Quinn
  • Firmatology by Gregory Liffick
  • Danzon Silencio by Richard Luftig
  • Mountain Home by Cathy Quaglia

January
  • So Much Fun by Cathy Quaglia
  • A Month Of Love by Floriana Hall
  • A Girl That Looked Like You by Bill Roberts
  • Up Until Now by Tanya Sinha
  • Inability To Express by Annique le Roux
  • Diminished Returns by Twixt
  • Describing A Color To A Blind Woman 
  • by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • My Kinda Guy by Gloria Watts
  • There’s No Broken Hearts Here 
  • by Jacqueline Howett
  • And The Winner Is by Martha O’Quinn
  • Firmatology by Gregory Liffick
  • Danzon Silencio by Richard Luftig
  • Mountain Home by Cathy Quaglia


2010 POETRY

December
  • Ten Days by Abi Wyatt
  • Christmas Love 2010 by Floriana Hall
  • Christmas Tree by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • The Osprey by B.J. Lee
  • Scribbled Fleet by cm
  • Elizabeth, New Jersey by Frank De Canio
  • Vixen by Brian W. Osborn
  • My Serenity by James Piatt
  • Fading Memory Of A Shining Moment by Bill Roberts
  • Speaking Stones by Tim Ouellette
  • Special Angel by William McCurrach
  • Mary’s Gift by Nell Berry
  • Reflections On Snow by Cathy Quagl

November
  • All Saints Day By Robert Wooten
  • November by Kristine Lowder
  • Shapes Of Gray by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • Reflections by Callie Reese
  • Eagle, Globe and Anchor by Terry Foote
  • Ritual by Mary Ellen Shaughan
  • The Sea by B.J. Lee
  • The Last Leaf by Patricia Podlipec
  • Act Of Remembrance by Abigail Wyatt
  • I Decipher The Value Of Time by Jacqueline Howett
  • On Going Back by David Fraser
  • November Leaves by Robert Wooten 
  • Beyond the Dead End by Jane Banning

October
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • INDIAN SUMMER by Floriana Hall
  • ONCE IN DIRT by Simon Perchik
  • SYNERGY AND INK by Maria Ercilla
  • 1692 by Matthew A. Hamilton
  • IF I WERE A PAINTER by Nell Berry
  •  AUTUMN MISTS by Ron Koppelberger
  • COUGAR by David Fraser
  • CURRENT SITUATION REPORT by Sanjeev Chhiber
  • THE 99 by Charles Mariano
  • COMMUNICATIONS CENTRAL by Patricia Wellingham-Jones        
  • SEASONED MUSINGS by Frank De Canio
  • ESKIMO SONG by William J. Jackson
  • PUSSY CATS by Joe DiBuduo   
  • DOWNTURN  by Gregory Liffick
  • WORK, A MEANS TO VIEW THE WORLD by Jacqueline Howett
  • BEYOND THE DEAD END by Jane Banning
  • HUNGERING SOUL by Alan M. Toback

September
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • CLEVELAND CINQUAIN by Michael Ceraolo
  • brush strokes by cm (Charles Mariano)
  • AUTUMN PLEASURES by Floriana Hall
  • NERUDA READS IN HEAVEN
  • SIMPLICITY by Roshan Chutkey
  • POETS by Maria Ercilla
  • CHILDHOOD SPLENDOR by Ron Koppelberger
  • MATTHEW’S MUSE by Barbara McCarthy
  • MOVING ON by Abi Wyatt
  • TALKING LOUDLY TO THE EMPTY AIR by Vincent Spada wet work (for ethelbert) by Shonda Buchanan
  • THE HONESTY OF ADHD by Luke Armstrong
  •  PHOTOGRAPHIC REMEMBRANCES by Frank De Canio
  • POET OF TOMORROW by Brandon Rushton
  • ARTISTS ALL by Nancy Julien Kopp
  • DAWN ANIMA by William J. Jackson
  • MARGARET’S SONG by Cathy Quaglia
  • FADED by Jacob M. Guerra
  • WHEN A MAN HAS NO ENCHANTMENT by Jacqueline Howett

August
  • AUNT AND UNCLE by Patricia Crandall
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • HOLLYHOCKS IN AUGUST by Floriana Hall
  • APPLES by Reece Jackson
  • LORCA by Salvatore Buttaci
  • SEDUCTION OF A WRITER by Maria Ercilla
  • DAWN by William J. Jackson
  • ethelbert’s jazz by Shonda Buchanan
  • BIRTHDAY WISHES by Callie Reese
  • ARRANGEMENT by Mary Ann Goodwin
  • i am by cm (Charles Mariano)
  • TIME by Frank De Canio
  • THE EVICTION  by Marie Delgado Travis
  • CHILD OF THE WEST by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • FALLING IN LOVE by Emeka Offor
  • FROM A FRONT WINDOW TABLE by Job Conger
  • THE OTHER SIDE by Nancy Bowman-Ballard
  • HAIKU by Cathy Quaglia
  • HEATED THOUGHTS by James Piatt

July
  • LETTING GO by Anthony Palma
  • A DIFFERENT AGE by Patricia Crandall
  • I HAVE A LITTLE BUTTERFLY by Callie Patsellis
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • THE SEA OF LIFE by Floriana Hall
  • FLYING FISH by Maria Ercilla
  • DELICIOUS LOVE by Marie Delgado Travis
  • SUMMER SLUMBER by Mary Ann Goodwin
  • WAITING FOR THE WELCOME WORDS by Betti Bernardi
  • NOSE by Charles Mariano
  • THE KISS by Barbara McCarthy
  • RUSTY PENNY by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • THE COMET by B.J. Lee
  • THE FAR SIDE OF THE HILL by Abi Wyatt
  • MY LITTLE GIRL’S HAIR by Terri Kirby Erickson
  • ETHELBERT’S DREAM by Shonda Buchanan
  • WHAT PARADISE LOST by Luke Armstrong
  • PARTING by Frank De Canio
  • MODERNITY by Nancy Bowman-Ballard
  • TIME I WASTED MANAGING A DINER by John Tzikas
  • DESDEMONA OF THE HEIGHTS by Henry Sosnowski
  • WINDOW ON THE WORLD by Alan M. Toback
  • CATCH THE CLOUDS by Moe Fawaz
  • SUNNY SUMMER DAYS by James Piatt

June
  • ONE MORNING IN JUNE by Floriana Hall
  • MOVING DAY REMEMBERED by William Slusser
  • PERISCOPIC EYES by Brenton Rossow
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • CLEVELAND CINQUAIN by Michael Ceraolo
  • HERE AND THERE by Mary Ricketts
  • upon meeting that guy in the mirror by cm
  • MUCH STRONGER THAN THUNDER (Pantoum)
  • by Rachel Blackbirdsong
  • EMANCIPATION by R.L. Brown
  • THIS CUP by Simon Perchik
  • COURTING POETRY by Maria Ercilla
  • BALLADS OF QUIET by Matthew A. Hamilton
  • LEMON GRASS by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • LADY by Marie Delgado Travis
  • LOVERS AND LOSERS by John Tzikas
  • IF YOU WAKE WITH THE DAWN by Brandon Rushton
  • BRISTLING LAMENT by Frank De Canio
  • RISE AND FALL by Michael Mulcahy
  • UNCLE DAD by Terry Foote
  • THE GARDENER by Terri Kirby Erickson
  • burying kalamazoo ii  by Shonda Buchanan
  • WE SIT OPPOSITE by Maralee Gerke
  • HOLD MY HAND by Amit Parmessur

May
  • MUSIC UNIVERSAL by Floriana Hall
  • FATE IN HIKING BOOTS by John Grey
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • CLEVELAND CINQUAIN by Michael Ceraolo
  • THOSE HILLS by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • THE CLOTHES KNOW THE CREASE by mikel weisser
  • THE LEAF IN A LAKE by Amit Parmessur
  • SPACE ALLOTMENT by Mary Ann Goodwin
  • morning music by cm
  • MERMAID’S WISH (Sonnet) by Rachel Blackbirdsong
  • THE TAIL AND THE AFTERTAIL by Mary Pacifico Curtis
  • FORGIVE ME... by Marie Delgado Travis
  • THE THOUGHT OF TIME PASSING by Bill Roberts
  • HOMEBOUND by Brian W. Osborn
  • GYPSY WAGON by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • A ROSE THAT SHE SIGNED by Stephen J. Safka

April
  • GHAZAL FOR SPRING by KB Ballentine
  • MUSINGS ON POETRY by Linda Cosgriff
  • TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • THE POET by Joseph Roque
  • A HERETIC’S PRAYER by Rosemary Biggio
  • MIRACLES by Floriana Hall
  • POETIC TRUTH by Barnali Saha
  • A GARLAND OF VERSE by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT... by Marie Delgado Travis
  • WAR OF THE WORDS by Cher Green
  • FARMING by Charles Mariano

March
  • BLIGHT by Cathy Porter
  • THINGS THAT MATTER by Patricia Wellingham-Jones  
  • IDEAS by Floriana Hall
  • THE CONSTANTS OF NIGHT by William Slusser
  • COME TO MY WHITE by Alice Sciore
  • BUTTERFLY, DEAD by Phil Latham
  • CLEVELAND CINQUAIN by Michael Ceraolo
  • A MENTAL PICTURE by Ashutosh Ghildiyal 
  • googable universe by cm (Charles Mariano)
  • DEAD LETTERS by Abi Wyatt
  • THE THINGS I DO NOT LIKE! by Emeka Offor
  • SCRIBBLE by Bill Roberts
  • WINTER WRITES by Maralee Gerke
  • MENU by Marie Delgado Travis
  • I TRIP ON MY POEMS by Michael Lee Johnson
  • VERNAL EQUINOX by Frank De Canio
  • SHE’S HERE by Sanjeev Chhiber

February
  • Maybe, Just Maybe...by Sudip Bhattacharya
  • Love's Many Reasons by Donna Carbone 
  • Let's Pretend by John C. Boylan
  • Fantasy Man (Dear Edd Byrnes) by CarolAnn Zito
  • Tanika by Raquel D. Bailey
  • Sizzling by Joseph Roque 
  • Your Skin by Adelina Vartolomei
  • Soaked into That Room by Patricia Wellingham-Jones      
  • If Only...by Samantha Shipman
  • A Rainy Day is for Loversby Patricia Crandall
  • The State of My Heart by Abha Iyenga
  • A Young Man Questions Every Aspect of a Relationship by John Grey
  • Unbeknownst Barnali Saha
  • Not Looking Back Gloria Watts 
  • Vesssel of Love  Floriana Hall
  • Promise by Marie Delgado Travis
  • Lily by Charles Mariano
  • Rarely Satisfied Rebecca Rose Taylor
  • Graying in My Life by Michael Lee Johnson

January
  • NEW SKIN by Matt Butcher
  • FROST by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • THE SHELTERED by Dariel Suarez
  • CONSEQUENCES by Floriana Hall
  • ANXIOUSLY AWAITING IGNITION by Joseph Roque 
  • OBVIOUS by Peycho Kanev
  • BRINK by cm
  • HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
  • CLEVELAND CINQUAIN by Michael Ceraolo
  • TO A FRIEND by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • THE TRUTH by Esteban Liriano
  • WHITE RABBIT by Abi Wyatt
  • THE EVICTION by Marie Delgado Travis 

2009 POETRY

December
  • STAR-BOUND by Jessica Barrett
  • SNOW DAY by Wendy Vardaman
  • GINGERBREAD LADY by Michael Lee Johnson
  • THE TIME OF YEAR by cm
  • WINTER SOUL by Alice Shevitz
  • THE FIRST SNOW by Floriana Hall
  • SNOWY DAY by Marie Delgado Travis
  • THE KEY IS…by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • ODE TO SKIING by Cathy Quaglia
  • THE MANGER by Larry Saebens
  • SILENT NIGHT by Margaret S. Mullins

November 2009
  • Mountain Stream by Amit Shankar Saha
  • Inside of a Daydream by Randy Boone  
  • Regret by Tina Broderick
  • I Love Bone by Patricia Wellingham-Jones 
  • The Baby Whisperer by Floriana Hall
  • Westward Home by Bill Collins
  • The Search by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Impression by Marie Delgado Travis
  • Free Choice  by Cathy Porter
  • Older Sister by ayaz daryl nielsen  
  • Queen of the Storm by Michael Kirchoff

October 2009
  • CREATIVITY by Tina Broderick
  • JEALOUS GODS by Wendy Vardaman
  • MOONLIGHT CROSSING by Floriana Hall
  • THINGS I WISH I’D SAID by Marie Delgado Travis
  • POETIC OUTPUT by Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • DESERT ICON by Patricia Wellingham-Jones  
  • OUR FAMILY TREE by Callie Reese
  • SOMETIMES by Carl Schoelkopf
  • MODERN ALCHEMY by KB Ballentine
  • IMAGES, DREAMS by Robert Fabre
  • THE MOON MY LOVER by Barnali Saha


September 2009
  • Climbers by Mary Ann Goodwin
  • Canning for Winter by KB Ballentine
  • Baseball Haiku by Michael Ceraolo
  • Etude by Robert Feins
  • Dear Friend by Floriana Hall
  • Lost Key by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • Traveling Roses by Maralee Gerke
  • Gone Away by Sudip Bhattacharya
  • Friends by Marie Delgado Travis
  • The Golden Treasury by Ashutosh Ghildiyal

August 2009
  • WARMTH by Tina Broderick
  • THE FESTIVE FERRY by Floriana Hall 
  • LONG LOST by cm
  • MIRACLES (Upon seeing “Flower Drum Song”) by Marie Delgado Travis 
  • ON MY MORNING WALK by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • SUNNY AFTERNOON by Maria Genovese

July 2009 
  • GUIDANCE by Ivana Plucinski
  • MY LIFE by Tina Broderick
  • POMPANO by Terri Kirby Erickson
  • PORK RINDS AND PICKLED PIGS' FEET by Patricia Wellingham-Jones  
  • OF PERSONAL PARADISES II by Marie Delgado Travis
  • GLACIER by Roberta Feins
  • FOLLOW THE BEACON by Floriana Hall
  • BASEBALL HAIKU by Michael Ceraolo
  • PARADISE by cm
  • LITERARY CALL CENTRE by Vivienne Blake

June 2009
  • IN SEARCH by Lenard W. Eccles
  • COMRADES IN ARMS by Bill Roberts
  • IT'S RAINING IN OREGON by Doug Draime
  • CHARLEY PLAYS A TUNE by Michael Lee Johnson
  • TOE-NAIL APPRECIATION DAY by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
  • INFINITE WISDOM by cm
  • DREAM FROM A THATCHED HUT by Roberta Feins
  • PRECIOUS CARGO by Floriana Hall
  • BIOPSY by Marie Delgado Travis
  • COLORS by Tony Iovino
  • SUNDAY SERENE by Donna Carbone

May 2009

April 2009
  • TANKA by Darrell Lindsey
  • AGONY by Marie Delgado Travis

March 2009
  • POLISH by Patricia Wellingham-Jones  

February 2009

January 2009
  • KNITTING NEEDLE by Marie Delgado Travis 


POET’S CHALLENGE

YEAR 2008 by Marie Delgado Travis


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POEM OF THE YEAR 

  • SOWN by Christine Pontecorvo (2007)

POEM OF THE MONTH - 2011


  • The Old Brown Trunk by Kathy Humenik
  • A Minister For All Faiths by Joe DiBuduo
  • In Search Of An Ancient Marker by Patricia Crandall

POEM OF THE MONTH - 2010

  • SEASIDE GRACE (In Memory of Patricia Mees Armstrong) by Luke Armstrong  (May Tie)

POEM OF THE MONTH - 2009




POETRY OF THE MONTH - 2008


POETRY OF THE MONTH - 2007

  • FOUR by Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz

POETRY OF THE MONTH - 2006

  • LATE by Rachel Lawrence
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