FOUR POEMS. FIVE POETS
Bill Dills & Terrie Leigh Relf
San Diego City College, Fall 2005The campus' Ambergolds' leaves
are turning red,
they fall on the lawn
to be blown and shoveled away
by the groundskeepers
students
rest against backpacks
Santa Ana winds
the air suffocating--
mummifying the leaves
drying minds
papers rattle
in a teacher's hands
coffee spill
we watch the black
liquid dry
on the sidewalk
dark clouds
scent of trash
too long in the bin
pungent silage,
memories of youthful incest
in the haymow
sunset
parking the van
on a side street
better romping
in the haymow
than in a van
on a side street
at sunset
their lips
brushing against air
hesitant kiss
passing children
overhear the impassioned
sounds of the rocking van
David Fraser
In MemoryBlack wings cross the sun
dark smoke crawls across shady
solitary graves.
In dew splashed spring, lambs
kick up wooly heels with joy
cold, sharp knives are near.
At that impact point
you’re gone, rising up to meet
sunshine on your wings.
S.C. Virtes
Book of Yearsyoung boy plays the flute
a dusty summer daydream
rattlesnakes dancing
beyond the solsticeleaves fall quietly
stirred by afternoon traffic
dance like dragonflies
daylight savingsdesert dunes feeling
a chill night of december
saguaro shivers
beyond the frosta road warrior
stops to smell a lone flower
spring is in the air
cycle of seasonscaptured insideshelves full of old books
glimpses of forgotten worlds
eternity bound
Martin Willitts Jr. & Terrie Leigh Relf
Fall 2005(dedicated to Willow)
willow dances on light
there is grace in red flowers
a wren calls for tea
hummingbird hovers then dips
a fragrant breeze toward eve'ning
frog demands: repeat!
a field of red Buddhist hats
push the sun backwards
a cup of green tea steeping
so many poems to read
willow is frantic:
wrens the color of frog wind
uproot poems and nap
slumbering through the afternoon
the sound of birds chirping
her voice climbs the walls
her knee crimson with gong cries
place tea for swelling
pooling on the front porch
moonlight and her tears