Cornelia DeDona Member-at-large, Kingston, New York   I slammed my heart into love’s door bloodied and bruised it swelled on the other side of a reckoning exacted its price no ... Read more

Elizabeth Diane Martin Pikes Peak Branch, Colorado   In turmoil and distrust In the midst of fear and confusion A decision to love Changed a wandering Wondering heart Into one ... Read more

Linda Farmer Ames Columbus Branch, Georgia   I, mighty oak, have stood rooted here for greater than one hundred years, surrounded by brothers and sisters, all of Mother Nature’s children. ... Read more

  Donna DeLeo Bruno Ft. Lauderdale Branch   I stand before my teenage students     Speaking of Homer’s “Odyssey,” Of Penelope, Ulysses’ faithful and long-suffering wife     Who ... Read more

Bette J. Lafferty Tampa Branch, Florida   It has been years since we first came to this little park, where young saplings with limbs so strong reached to the heavens ... Read more

  Grady Sue Loftin Saxon Alabama Birmingham Branch   I looked up just as she slipped through the open doorway of the hospital waiting room that was filled with my ... Read more

Kim Beardsley-Garrison Palm Springs  Branch The naked eye chooses to believe What the mind chooses to ignore. Pretend smiles and positive words Proclaim a happy mood, But not all bruises ... Read more

  Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch   Tall and slender the sea oats bow to one another without breaking. Something in their sandy shoes allows them to tilt from their toes, ... Read more

  Carolyn AuneMinnesota Branch     Ah, the late January malaise. How about a rip-roaring blizzard To break the monotony! How about a blizzard so grand and fierce That it ... Read more

By Karen McAferty Morris, Poetry Editor I’ve been poetry editor since November 2018, and I love to open my email and see poetry submissions. If you’ve been thinking of submitting ... Read more