A Journal of Poetry & Art

The final issue of The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (Issue #14) includes poetry and artwork by 76 poets/artists from around the globe.

Cover Design by Robert R. Sanders, featuring the drawing “Vacant” by artist Zoe Huot-Link of Shoreview, Minnesota.

Contributing Artists:

Amit, Jan Baross, Kateryna Bortsova, Dale Champlin, Margaret Chula, Gerburg Garmann, Tim Gillespie, Zoe Huot-Link, Abigail Ella Johnson, Michelle Kogan, Robb Kunz, Christopher Luna, Jone Rush MacCulloch, Janet Manalo, Veronica Michalowski, Donald Patten, Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Robert R. Sanders, Willa Schneberg, Marilyn Stablein, Jennifer Weigel, Elaine Franz Witten

Contributing Poets:

Deborah Akers, Pamela R. Anderson-Bartholet, Shawn Aveningo Sanders, Lana Hechtman Ayers, Rachel Barton, Ruth Bavetta, David Belmont, Suzanne Bruce, B. J. Buckley, Cathy Cain, Dale Champlin, Margaret Chula, Kris Demien, Amelia Díaz Ettinger, Sandra Dipasqua, Sara Eddy, Ann Farley, Linda Ferguson, Holly Fine, Nancy Flynn, Tim Gillespie, Karen Gookin, Keri Hakan, Suzy Harris, Mary Beth Hines, Ann Howells, Marilyn Johnston, J.I. Kleinberg, Tricia Knoll, Kim Peter Kovac, Jim Kraus, Susan Landgraf, Eric le Fatte, Sherri Levine, Dan Liberthson, Adria Libolt, Sue Fagalde Lick, Cynthia Linville , Betsy Mars, Carolyn Martin, M. F. McAuliffe, Jade Rosina McCutcheon, Karla Linn Merrifield, Judith H. Montgomery, Marjorie Moorhead, Cristina M. R. Norcross, Dayle Olson, Francis Opila, Gus Peterson, Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Lisa Rhoades, JoAnna Scandiffio, Willa Schneberg, Penelope Scambly Schott, Leah Stenson, Doug Stone, Stephanie Striffler, Climbing Sun, Julene Tripp Weaver

A Few Sample Pages:

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A Journal of Poetry & Art

The “Superstition” issue of The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (Issue #13) is 162 pages and includes poetry and artwork on a variety of topics by 76 poets/artists from around the globe, featuring poetry by Ellen Bass, James Crews, Andrea Hollander, and Paulann Petersen.

Cover Design by Robert R. Sanders, featuring art “Prowling After Midnight” by artist Beverly Ash Gilbert of Gig Harbor, Washington.

Contributing Artists:

Beverly Ash Gilbert • Carella Keil • Dale Champlin • Elaine Franz Witten • Estelle Meadoff • Jan Baross • Jeanne Julian • Jone Rush MacCulloch • Judith Skillman • Linda Briskin • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Robert R. Sanders • Romana Tarlamis

Contributing Poets:

Jan Ball • K.S. Baron • Jan Baross • Ellen Bass • Jenny Blackford • Rose Mary Boehm • Katy Brown • Paul Bufis • Dale Champlin • Jennifer Clark • Daphne Clifton • James Crews • Steven Dieffenbacher • Susan Donnelly • Ann Farley • Laurel Feigenbaum • Linda Ferguson • Eric J. Forsbergh • Sylvia Freeman • Gabby Gilliam • Tony Gloeggler • Peter M. Gordon • Melanie Green • Jan Haag • Catherine Hamrick • Leslie Hodge • Andrea Hollander • Christopher J. Jarmick • DB Jonas • Tim Kahl • Casey Killingsworth • Tricia Knoll • Sigrun Susan Lane • Abigail Licad • Jone Rush MacCulloch • Carolyn Martin • Joy McDowell • Matt McGee • Hannah Mead • Jessica Mehta • James Merrill • Judith Montgomery • Susan Woods Morse • Charlene Stegman Moskal • Kathy Nelson • MaryJane Nordgren • Francis Opila • Paulann Petersen • Vivienne Popperl • Jeannie E. Roberts • John Rowe • Robert R. Sanders • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Joel Savishinsky • JoAnna Scandiffio • Penelope Scambly Schott • Allegra Jostad Silberstein • Ona Siporin • Amy Smith • Doug Stone • Shawn Dallas Stradley • Colette Tennant • Michael Waterson • Julia Wendell • Ingrid Wendt • Melody Wilson • Sally Zakariya

A Few Sample Pages:

A Sample Audio Poem:

Tim Kahl reading his poem “A Consumer of Spaces and Speeches”

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A Journal of Poetry & Art

Our new, re-designed issue of The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (Issue #12) is 180 pages and includes poetry and artwork on a variety of topics by 92 poets/artists from around the globe.

Cover Design by Robert R. Sanders, featuring art “Bear and Peacock” by artist Jennifer Lommers of Corvalis, Oregon.

Contributing Artists:

Kathleen Caprario • Dale Champlin • Terry Cox-Joseph • Leanne Grabel • Nitza M. Hernández López • Kay M. Levine • Jennifer Lommers • Paula J. Maloney • Janet Manalo • Carolyn Martin • Bruce McClain • David Memmott • Liz Nakazawa • Jennifer Pratt-Walter • Jeannie E. Roberts • Dawn Sanford • Barbara Hageman Sarvis • Judith Skillman • Romana Tarlamis • Brigit Truex • Louise Wynn • Cynthia Yatchman

Contributing Poets:

Pamela Ahlen • Hugh Anderson • Pamela R. Anderson-Bartholet • Lana Hechtman Ayers • KB Ballentine • Sam Barbee • Rachel Barton • Christopher Bogart • Joann Renee Boswell • Katy Brown • Suzanne Bruce • Paul Bufis • Dale Champlin • Margaret Chula • Brittney Corrigan • Susan Coultrap-McQuin • Amelia Díaz Ettinger • Susan Donnelly • Johanna Ely • Ann Farley • Beatriz F. Fernandez • Eric Forsbergh • Bill Frayer • Nathan Fryback • Leanne Grabel • Melanie Green • Cleo Griffith • Quinton Hallett • Mark Hammerschick • Suzy Harris • Nancy Haskett • David James • Marilyn Johnston • Terry Cox-Joseph • Dan Kaufman • Candice Kelsey • Tricia Knoll • Bethany Lee • Sue Fagalde Lick • Ronald Okuaki Lieber • Annie Lighthart • Cynthia Linville • Jone Rush MacCulloch • M. F. McAuliffe • Eileen McGurn • Carter McKenzie • David Memmott • Karla Linn Merrifield • Angie Minkin • Juan Pablo Mobili • Heidi Morrell • Sandra Salinas Newton • Nancy Nowak • Francis Opila • Jennifer Pratt-Walter • M. Ann Reed • Anne Richardson • Joseph J. Ridgway • M.S. Rooney • John Rowe • JoAnna Scandiffio • Penelope Scambly Schott • Judith Skillman • Rebecca Smolen • Connie Soper • Trina Sotira • Matthew J. Spireng • Doug Stone • Romana Tarlamis • Mark Thalman • Allison Thorpe • Brigit Truex • Jean Varda • Julene Tripp Weaver • Kaja Weeks • Emmett Wheatfall • Marshall Witten • Claire Zoghb

A Few Sample Pages:

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From Pandemic to Protest

When the world came to a stop, poets picked up their pens. From a global pandemic to the Black Lives Matter protests; from a highly contested election to murder hornets; and from devastating wildfires to deadly disasters, these poems not only share the truth of what we endured, they reveal the heartbreak, frustration, and anger, tempered by our resiliency and hope for a better tomorrow.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Dee Allen • Pamela R. Anderson • Tiel Aisha Ansari • Devon Balwit • Carol Barrett • David Belmont • J V Birch • Joann Renee Boswell • Sarah Bricault • Suzanne Bruce • Nancy Cook • Brittney Corrigan • Mick Corrigan • Terry Cox-Joseph • Kelly Cunningham • Tracy Davidson • Ann Farley • Linda Ferguson • Eric Forsbergh • Catherine Fraga • Josh Gaines • Tim Gillespie • Erika B. Girard • Darlene H. Glover • Joanne Godley • Adrianna Gordey • Jan Haag • Anne Harding Woodworth • Suzy Harris • Nicci Harrison • Andrea Hollander • Hadley Hutton • Linda Jackson Collins • David James • Marilyn Johnston • Jeanne Julian • J.I. Kleinberg • Lynn M. Knapp • Tricia Knoll • Elizabeth Kuelbs • Lynda La Rose • Bethany Lee • Rebecca K. Leet • Sherri Hope Levine • Lori Levy • Robinwyn Lewis • Sue Fagalde Lick • Annie Lighthart • Ellaraine Lockie • Christopher Luna • Heather M. F. Lyke • Carolyn Martin • Kate Maxwell • M. F. McAuliffe • Eileen McGurn • Carter McKenzie • Hannah Mead • Barbara A. Meier • Jacob Miller • Angie Minkin • Joan Moritz • Wilda Morris • Susan Woods Morse • CJ Muchhala • Annie Klier Newcomer • Cristina M. R. Norcross • Susan Oguche • Bibiana O. Ossai • Ronald J. Pelias • Alan Perry • Bruce Pratt • Jennifer Pratt-Walter • Donna Prinzmetal • Anne Rankin • Susan Rich • Sandra Rivers-Gill • Danielle Roberts • Jeannie E. Roberts • Maria Rosales • Ed Ruzicka • Joel Savishinsky • JoAnna Scandiffio • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Eileen Ivey Sirota • Merna Dyer Skinner • Emily-Sue Sloane • Joseph Stefani • Barbara E. Stevens • Bill Stifler • Stephanie Striffler • John Sweeder • Judy Taylor • Mark Thalman • Pasquale Trozzolo • Dianalee Velie • Bill Verble • Alise Versella • Rashna Wadia • Phyllis Wax • Ann Weil • Phillip Wilson • Sharon Wood Wortman • Robin Woolman • Jane Yolen

Enjoy a Few Poets Sharing Their Poems from the Book:

“When in Kansas?” by Pasquale Trozzolo

“The SS Revisited” by Jane Yolen

“Fires This Time” by Carolyn Martin

“Prayer for the Healer and the Healing” by Deborah Bachels Schmidt

“Creating a Wave of Blue” by Cristina Norcross

“COVID in Bloom” by Lynn Knapp

“Flatten the Curve” and “Shelter in Place”

by Brittney Corrigan

“MARCH: Our Duty to Make it Right” by Erika B. Girard

“Manish Boy” by Pamela R. Anderson

“Invisible Wounds” and “What I Want to Tell You”

by Merna Dyer Skinner

“The Color of It” by Jeanne Julian

“California Wildfires, as Seen from the East Coast during a Pandemic”
by Anne Harding Woodworth

“Pick-Up at J.C. Penney’s” by Ronald J. Pelias

“A Greek Tragedy” by Emily-Sue Sloane

“True or False” by Lori Levy

“protester / police” by Joann Renee Boswell

“Corona Two-Step” plus bonus poem by Tim Gillespie

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Pop Culture

From entertainment to fashion to techno-widgets, pop culture can mirror the beliefs and lifestyles of a society at any given time. Not only does the iconography of pop culture influence consumerism, the objects associated with it can also be a welcomed distraction from our oftentimes stressful world. We invite you to relax and enjoy these 72 poems through their wide lens of whimsy, nostalgia, and social commentary.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Gilbert Allen • Amelia Annen • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Lana Hechtman Ayers • Zeina Azzam • Devon Balwit • Sam Barbee • Joann Renee Boswell • Michael B. Carroll Jr. • Alan Catlin • Dale Champlin • Margaret Chula • Jennifer Clark • Steven Cordova • Brittney Corrigan • donnarkevic • Judy Dykstra-Brown • Matthew Farr • Linda Ferguson • Eric Forsbergh • Kate Gallagher • Brian Garrison • Peter M. Gordon • Debbie Hall • Evelyn Hampton • Ed Higgins • Karen Paul Holmes • Kate Horowitz • Donna Isaac • Karen Jones • Jeanne Julian • Tricia Knoll • Linda Kraus • David Lawton • Sherri Hope Levine • Sue Fagalde Lick • Fran Markover • Carolyn Martin • David E. Matthews • Eugene A. Melino • Deborah Meltvedt • Karla Linn Merrifield • Amy Miller • Jacob Miller • Sharon Lask Munson • Keli Osborn • Julia Morris Paul • Geoffrey Philp • Clela Reed • Jeannie E. Roberts • Penelope Scambly Schott • Christopher Scribner • Amie Sharp • Bruce Taylor • Colette Tennant • Judith Terzi • Mark Thalman • Lauren Tivey • Rick G. Trumble • Phyllis Wax • J. Stephen Whitney • Patricia Williams • “Catfish” John Wojtowicz

Enjoy a Few Poets Reading from the Pop Culture Issue:

Brittney Corrigan Reads “Nostalgia All Skate”

Amelia Annen Reads “You Told Me I Reminded You of a Greta Gerwig Character”

Lauren Tivey Reads “Gen X Primer”

Lauren Tivey Reads “Ouroboros”

Sue Fagalde Lick Reads “Sacrilege”

Clela Reed Reads “Cars in Cuba”

Lana Hecthman Ayers reads “To All the Website Developers…”

An Audio Poem from the Book:

Sonnet from the Bar
by Karla Linn Merrifield

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Cosmos

What’s out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel?  Human curiosity is as vast as the universe itself, and these poems may provide some unique answers—or at least a little stardust to sprinkle in your morning coffee.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Aileen Bassis • Alan Catlin • Anna Leahy • Annette Langlois Grunseth • Aoife Reilly • Aurore Sibley • Beatriz F. Fernandez • Bill Frayer • Bonnie Larson Staiger • Brad G. Garber • Brent E. White • Brigit Truex • Brittney Corrigan • Bruce Meyer • Bruce Pratt • Carol Levin • Carolyn Martin • Casey Bush • Catherine Fletcher • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Christopher Luna • Cicada • CJ Muchhala • Colette Tennant • Dale Champlin • Dane Karnick • David Belmont • Debbie Fox • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Delia Garigan • Devon Balwit • Diana Cole • Doug Stone • Douglas Spangle • E R Lutken • E.C.M. Rowntree • Elidio La Torre Lagares • Ellen Huang • Eloise Unerman • Eric Forsbergh • Gregory Loselle • Gretchen Rockwell • Heather Truett • J V Birch • Jan Haag • Jeremy Birkline • Jessica Parker • Jill G. Hall • Joan Moritz • Joann Renee Boswell • Joseph Ridgway • Judith Arcana • Judith Kelly Quaempts • Judy Dykstra-Brown • Karen Mandell • Karin L. Frank • Kathy Ackerman • Katy Brown • KB Ballentine • Ki Russell • Kieran Egan • Kristen O. Bobst • Lana Hechtman Ayers • LAW Fraser • Libi Siporin • Linda Ferguson • Liz Nakazawa • M. Ann Reed • M. C. Aster • Marilyn Johnston • Mark L. Levinson • Melody Leming-Wilson • Mia McGregor • Michael Kellichner • Patti Jeane Pangborn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Rachel Baila • Rebecca Smolen • Robert René Galván • Roddy Williams • Sally Zakariya • Sam Barbee • Samantha Tisdel Wright • Sharon Wood Wortman • Steve Dieffenbacher • Steve Williams • Tamara Fricke • Tim Kahl • Tom Sheehan • Tricia Knoll • Trina Gaynon • Vinnie Sarrocco • Vivian Wagner

Sample Poems:

How Everything Began

by Bruce Meyer

        ~in memory of Stephen Hawking

Because the universe needed answers,
he took the voice of an answering machine,

and when the universe almost listened,
it heard how everything began as questions.

Tonight, with sleeping pills ingested,
I close my eyes to time and temper,

knowing somewhere everything belongs
to a piece of ancient matter torn by light.

If I dream the numb dream of death
before waking to the spark of morning sun,

in that mortal sleep of silent thoughts,
I shall pass a traveler on his way to forever,

and think of that moment as an eternal now,
then say it was the instant all nows began.

Cosmosity

by David Belmont

after
providence
destiny
kismet
and fate

before
serendipity
synergy
synchronicity
and sympatico

there was cosmic

as in
that was cosmic, man

a simple happy thing
that made you smile
even when you weren’t tripping

Book Launch Celebration

Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 
at 2:00 pm

Featuring Contributing Poets:

Pattie Palmer-Baker • Trina Gaynon • Colette Tennant • Liz Nakazawa • Casey Bush • Dale Champlin • Melody Leming-Wilson • Douglas Spangle • Marilyn Johnston • Brittney Corrigan • Judith Arcana • Joann Renee Boswell • Brad G. Garber • Jessica Parker • Devon Balwit • Linda Ferguson • Delia Garigan • Rebecca Smolen • Doug Stone • Linda (LAW) Fraser • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Shawn Aveningo Sanders

at
The New Ledding Library
10660 SE 21st Ave
Milwaukie, Oregon

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Sports

Dive into this sports-themed collection and you’ll quickly become a fan, as our poets relive their glory days and share their love of the game. Whether you’re a competitive athlete, a dedicated amateur, or an armchair quarterback, we invite you to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat—it’s all here between these pages. On your mark, get set. Go!

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Alan Catlin • Alan Robert Proctor • Amie Sharp • Amy Miller • Anne Harding Woodworth • Barbara A Meier • Bill Cushing • Bill Frayer • Brigitte Goetze • Brittney Corrigan • Carolyn Dahl • Carolyn Martin • Charles Halsted • Christopher Scribner • Claire J. Baker • D.R. James • David E. Matthews • Devon Balwit • Diane Averill • Diane de Echeandia • Don Thompson • Donna Prinzmetal • Dwayne Brenna • Emily Waters Shearer • Eric Forsbergh • Gina Forberg • Gretchen Fletcher • Hannah Jane Weber • Jacob Miller • Jamie Brian • Jan Haag • Jeffrey Hantover • John Herold • Joseph Ridgway • Joshua Plack • Joy McDowell • Judith Terzi • Karen Poppy • Karla Linn Merrifield • Kris Demien • Linda Neal Reising • Livia Meneghin • M.G. Stephens • Marc Meierkort • Margaret Chula • Margaret DeRitter • Margaret R. Sáraco • Margaret Van Every • Marjorie Moorhead • Matthew Harrison • Michael Estabrook • Michael Fedo • Naila Claudia Schulte • Neil Creighton • Nils Nelson • Patrick Swaney • Paul Glenn • Penelope Scambly Schott • Peter M. Gordon • Phyllis Wax • Ralph La Rosa • Rick Kempa • Robert Beveridge • Robert Walton • Roger Sippl • Ron L. Dowell • Scott F. Parker • Scott M. Bade • Sharon Wood Wortman • Stephen McGuinness • Stuart Forrest • Stuart Gunter • Toni Partington • Tony Gloeggler • Tricia Knoll • Victoria Stefani • Vivienne Popperl

Sample Poems:

The Baseball Player Stephen Crane
by Alan Catlin

“I did little work at Syracuse, but
confined my abilities such as they were,
to the diamond.” ~ Stephen Crane

Manny French’s fastball rocked him back
on his heels but Crane refused to wear
the padded glove for catching.
Although his hands would be red from
the constant impact of the hard ball,
bruised after nine rounds of catching,
his expression never changed and his
enthusiasm for the game never waned.
Jumping up after each third strike,
although his hands were numb and his arm
weak, he would throw the ball down to
third as hard as he could. Never a strong
hitter, he was a capable one, even shrewd
in his placement, making the most of what
he had with an energy level that would
compensate for the lack of raw talent.
After every game he was the first man
at the pool hall for a beer and eight ball,
preferring as he would later, a famous
writer, the talk of the tavern to that of
the literate man. Education, he felt, was
better learned on the ball field, attributing
his knowledge of war to what he saw on
the baseball field, time clearly well spent
for a man who memorialized a war he never saw.

More Than Sport
by Margaret Van Every

It was sport and more than sport.
It was do or die when we were
young and fit and drove ourselves
to beat all others to the finish.
It was sport but more like life
or death to rise before the light
and polish off the miles beneath
the moon before we went to work.
If we succumbed to sloth and
stayed in bed, the competition
wouldn’t. They’d be up and at it,
gain split seconds on us, beat us
by a hair. Ah, but we weren’t beating
them, we were beating age, for we
looked younger than our peers, we
had joints of steel, the drive of turbines.
We were tough, believed we’d last
forever. We had records, medals,
trophies, clippings. Years of pounding
pavement, swimming laps, pedaling
miles, lifting iron. And what did it get
us? Bionic knees, injured shoulders,
repetitive strain and pain, back and
neck gone bad, dusty trophies and
medals laid curbside, records
smashed by younger and swifter
who rose earlier and risked even more
than we. And none of us ever ask why.

Book Launch Celebration

Saturday, May 4, 2019 
at 2:00 pm
Featuring Contributing Poets:
Brittney Corrigan • Sharon Wood Wortman • Kris Demien • Penelope Scambly Schott
Margaret Chula • Toni Partington • Joshua Plack • Vivienne Popperl • Donna Prinzmetal
Barbara A. Meier • Hanna Jane Weber • Joy McDowell • Devon Balwit • Shawn Aveningo Sanders
at
The Pond House
2215 SE Harrison Street
Milwaukie, Oregon

Enjoy a Few Photos from the Launch:

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In The News

We live in a world where access to breaking news is available 24/7. But how often do we go beyond the headline? What happened next? What was the impact on our fellow humans across the globe? Can we learn? Can we change? Can we make a difference? We invite the world to read these poems and start a conversation—perhaps one that is way overdue.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Alan Catlin • Anita S. Pulier • Anne Casey • Bett Willett • Brad G. Garber • Brian Garrison • Brigitte Goetze • Brittney Corrigan • Carolyn Martin • Cathy Cain • Charissa Menefee • Charles Rammelkamp • Charlotte Mandel • Christopher Luna • Christopher Stolle • Claudine Nash • Colette Tennant • D.R. James • dan raphael • Daniela Gioseffi • David Belmont • David Lawton • Deborah Jang • Dianalee Velie • Dotty LeMieux • Ed Mabrey • Eleanor Berry • Eleanor Kedney • Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios • Elizabeth Kuelbs • Emily Madapusi Pera • Eric le Fatte • Gary Fisher • Heather Truett • Heidi B. Morrell • Ingrid Wendt • Irene Bloom • J.I. Kleinberg • Jamie Brian • Jan Ball • Jane Blanchard • Jane Yolen • JD Amick • Jeanne Julian • Jeff Fearnside • Jo Angela Edwins • Joan Colby • Joanne M. Clarkson • Judith Skillman • Judith Terzi • Judyth Hill • Julene Tripp Weaver • Junious Ward • Kathleen Patterson • Kathryn Staublin • Katy Brown • Kelly Konya • Ken Cathers • Laura LeHew • Liam Stegman • Linda C. Conroy • Linda Ferguson • Linda Kraus • Linda Strever • Lindy Low Le Coq • Louisa Clerici • Lucy Duggan • Lynn M. Knapp • Marc Swan • Marilyn Johnston • Martin Jon Porter • Maryah Converse • Matt Farr • Melanie Green • Michael H. Lester • Michael S. Glaser • Naila Claudia Schulte • Nancy Flynn • Pamela Ahlen • Pat Brisson • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Paul Bufis • Paul Genega • Pesach Rotem • Phyllis Wax • Ralph Long •  Sandy Deyoe • Sarah Lilius • Sharon Alexander • Sharon Wood Wortman • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Sherry Chandler • Stephen C. Pollock • Steve Williams • Suzanne Bruce • T. McClelland • Tara L. Carnes • Tim Gillespie • Tom Hogan • Tracy Davidson • Tricia Knoll • Trina Sotira • Valerie Forde-Galvin • Veer Frost • Vivienne Popperl • Wendy Brown-Baez

Sample Poems:

Take a Knee
by Jane Yolen

Take mine, I give it freely,
though it’s hardly worth the bend.
Filled now with metal,
worn from years of dancing,
fencing, walking for justice,
standing on vigil lines.

Take mine if you will,
though you will find it stiff
from trudging at night
to comfort babies, grandbabies;
from watching for birds, bobcats;
Standing on podiums giving lectures.

Take mine if you can.
I may have but ten years
more use in it anyway.
If it can support justice,
bring comfort to the distraught,
help the weak walk, lead the poor to work.

Take it if it can help children run,
students cross streets,
the poor to stand tall,
pickers kneel in the field,
union men and women long on lines.
Then take my knee indeed.

On Hearing News of the Massacre Of The Children
~ After Milton’s “On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont”
by Veer Frost

To remember, not where I was
but what
a child is

Still mostly soul
in sudden hummingbird halts
and starts
toward embodiment,

And how the rambunctious light
out of a child’s skin
comes and goes
back in

As if it has two homes
and need not choose
between the springing cowslip world
and migrant heaven.

An Audio Poem from the Book:

Any Given Day
by JD Amick

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Love Poems

What our world needs now is love! So, for our 6th issue, we bring you 85 love poems. Throughout these pages you’ll find poetry that speaks from the heart directly to yours. Our poets go beyond flowers and candy romance to share the real beauty of companionship and commitment. Experience love that grows from gratitude, and endures beyond the earthly boundaries of time and space.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Alexa Mergen • Ann Grant • Aria Wolf • Babo Kamel • Barbara A. Meier • Brad G. Garber • Carol L. Deering • Carol Levin • Carolyn Martin • Cathie Sandstrom • Charlotte Mandel • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Claudia F. Savage • Connie Post • David Kann • Delia Garigan • Diana Rosen • Diane L. Averill • DiTa Ondek • Eleanor Kedney • Elizabeth Stoessl • Elizabeth Tornes • Emily Glossner Johnson • Eric le Fatte • Gabriella Brand • Gareth Culshaw • Gretchen Fletcher • J. Nille • Jane Yolen • Jenny Doughty • Jessica McKenna • Jessica Siobhan Frank • Joan McNerney • JoAnna Scandiffio • John C. Mannone • Jonathan Glenn Travelstead • Judith Arcana • Judith Barrington • Judith Kelly Quaempts • Karla Linn Merrifield • Kenneth Pobo • Konstantin Nicholas Rega • Laura Grace Weldon • Laura LeHew • Laurie Kolp • Linda Ferguson • Linda Simone • Linda Strever • Lisa Randall • Liz Nakazawa • Lucia Galloway • Luke Valmadrid • M.S. Rooney • Margaret R. Saraco • Marilyn Johnston • Mark Elber • Mary C. Rowin • Michael Estabrook • Pam Kress-Dunn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Penelope Scambly Schott • R.W. Jagodnik • Robert Beveridge • Sally Zakariya • Samantha Irene • Sharon Scholl • Shawn Aveningo Sanders • Sherri H. Levine • Susan P. Blevins • Suzanne Bruce • Suzy Harris • T.J. Smith • Terri Niccum • Terry Severhill • Toni Hanner • Tricia Knoll • Victoria Stefani • William A. Greenfield • Zeina Azzam

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Poems from the Garden

For our 5th issue of The Poeming Pigeon (vol 3.2), Homer takes us back to our roots – literally and metaphorically. Enjoy this collection of over 80 poems that celebrates dirt under our fingernails, seed catalog dreams, sharing zucchini with our neighbors, and this labor-of-love we call gardening.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Pamela Ahlen • Heather Angier • Diane Averill • Dianne Avey • Michael Baldwin • Irene Bloom • Katy Brown • Lanette Cadle • Cathy Cain • Margaret Chula • Brittney Corrigan • Linda M. Crate • Neil Creighton • Gareth Culshaw • C. Hunter Davis • John Davis • Robert Eastwood • Johanna Ely • Matt Farr • Linda Ferguson • Brad G. Garber • Suzy Harris • Ruth Hill • Ann Howells • Georgette Howington • Marilyn Johnston • Tim Kahl • Kelila A Knight • Tricia Knoll • Laurie Kolp • Jennifer Lagier • Eric le Fatte • Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi • Annie Lighthart • Stephen Linsteadt • Rosemary Douglas Lombard • Alwyn Marriage • Carolyn Martin • Catherine McGuire • Carter McKenzie • Barbara A. Meier • Karla Linn Merrifield • Amy Miller • Kay Morgan • Liz Nakazawa • Claudine Nash • Emily Pittman Newberry • Terri Niccum • James B. Nicola • W.P. Osborn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Rachelle M. Parker • Laurinda Lind • Kenneth Pobo • Janet M Powers • Cindy Rinne • Jeannie E. Roberts • Susan Rogers • Scott A. Russell • Ada Jill Schneider • Larry Schug • Suzanne Sigafoos • Judith Skillman • Alec Solomita • Elizabeth Stoessl • Beth Suter • G. Murray Thomas • Allison Thorpe • Brigit Truex • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Phyllis Wax • Lillo Way • Viola Weinberg • Sherry Wellborn • Kate Wells • Susan Whitney • Daniel Williams • Steve Williams • Sara Wilson • M. Wright • Paul Yager • Stan Zumbiel

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