By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch (Florida)   You are no longer suffering, “in a better place.” I’m glad for that. But that place is not with me anymore. ... Read more

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

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch (Florida)   One of the first things we learned way back then in Camp Tioga was how to float, front and back and how ... Read more

By Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City Branch (Texas)   When day dies and shadows are no longer shade Now silhouettes and things Of which imaginations made And the wind ordinary by ... Read more

By  Carol Ehrlich Denver Branch    I travel the back nine in a reverie, absorbed in the sweet reward of nearing completion, all the time sorry to see the game ... Read more

By Thelma A. Giomi Yucca Branch     Mended in the broken places With golden glue, So you embrace The pain and missing faces And make a work of art ... Read more

By Sara Etgen-Baker, member-at-large (a haibun*)   I opened the sewing basket, letting my eyes and hands run over the tools she had used — the scissors, the darning egg, ... Read more

By Judy Crystal Greenwich Branch, Connecticut   Just a simple cataract surgery Well Maybe not so simple But successful Straightforward As expected Until Two weeks later On a sunny afternoon ... Read more