2004 POETRY
December 2004
THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING©
By Gloria Pimentel – 11-26-04
BLUE TREES
by Tina Portelli
CINQUAIN POEM
by Michaela Gee
CHRISTMAS EVE
by Gloria Pimentel
ANGELS IN OUR MIDST
by Floriana Hall
THE ANGEL INSIDE
by Floriana Hall
CHOIR by
Patricia Wellingham-Jones
YOU BAKE COOKIES
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
ULTIMATE ADULT MARSHMALLOW
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
IN PRAINS OF THE LAST SNOW OF THE YEAR
by Patti J. Kurtz
A WINTER WALK
by Jenny McPhillips
CHRISTMAS LOVE 2004
by Floriana Hall
November 2004
SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER -- FOR JILL
by David McCoy
A RUMOR CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN
by Wendy Lynn Decker
MY TREASURED FRIEND
by Gloria Pimentel
HAIKU
by Lanie Shanzyra Rebancos
SOMETIMES I DRIFT
by David McCoy
CRAYONS
by Beverly Forehand
CHILDREN TODAY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LEISURE TIME
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
LITTLE VICTORIES
by Amber Hall
October 2004
MY LIFE
by Brandi Powell
OCTOBER GLORY
by Margaret Ellis
FEELING AND MY FRIEND
by Leona Coulter
SUZANNAH'S SONG
by Paul Greulich
September 2004
ZION LOST
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
DISCONNECTED, OUIJA BOARD and PIN CURL INSTRUCTION
by P. J. Taylor
TO KISS THE EARTH and BITTERSWEET
by Ruth Daigon
WILD RIDE, ARTIST'S TRUNK and BOGGIN
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
CLARA
by Mindy Aber Barad
APACHE SUMMER
by Joy St. John Johnson
THE POET
by Deborah Coulter Harris
August 2004
ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS
by Ann Hite
PAST AND PRESENT and NIGHTWATCH
by Allen McGill
SHOPPING ON ROBERTSON
by Carolyn Howard- Johnson
BIRTHDAY CARD and FIRST APARTMENT
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
I DREAM and FIG
by Margo Roby
July 2004
MY MOTHER'S LEGS
by Andrena Zawinski
MY WIZARD KNOWS
by Tina Portelli
FEW WORDS
by David B. McCoy
IT IS LOVE
by Ram Mehta
FOR AUNT JANE and PLACE OF ABSOLUTION
by Joanna M. Weston
THE FIX and GIRL SOAP
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
June 2004
THE GRAVEDIGGER
by Julie McGuire
KNOCK WOOD
by Anna Mills
IN ARMENIA ON GENOCIDE MEMORIAL DAY, 1992
by Julie McGuire
TURTLE FUR
by Anna Mills
THE GRAND SLAM
by Paul Kloppenborg
LATE AUGUST, 1944
by Julie McGuire
MY BLACK LEATHER JACKET
by Paul Kloppenborg
SOUR GRAPES by Gloria Pimentel
PATTERNS
by Margo Roby
DEATH, MY FRIEND
by Julie A. Strickland
DREAMER
by Tina Portelli
DIRTY TRAIL OF TEARS
by Linda Barnett-Johnson
STORIES NEVER TOLD
by Mary Tevebaugh
AGAPE
by Magdalena Ball
MAPPING THE HAND
by Margo RobY
May 2004
SHELF LIFE
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
GRACES JOURNEY
by Grace Sotelo
PRECURSOR
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
SOLITAIRE
by Magdalena Ball
TROUBLE COMING
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
THE CHAIN
by Magdalena Ball
TOSSED ASIDE
by Melisa A. Miller
MY HOUSE
by Tina Portelli
WOMANS DAY
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
GOURMET GERTRUDE
by Linda Barnett-Johnson