summer dishes;
drying her hands
on his jean cheeks

Chinese New Year
the blind man
feels the fireworks

Mark Beanblossom
Traci Batchelder
Missy Brassie
Connie Cruz
Corrine Cullen
Ryne Inman
Katrina Farris
Alisha Goebel
Liz Hare

Matt Lee
Erica LaMarche
Rachel Morrison
Tracey Rapp
Carrie Seymour
Pat Steadman
Joanne Weise
John Wright
Amanda Young

early morning sunrise
interrupted by rain
I turn to you

spring rain
we make
another compromise

talking
miles between us
talking

deep sadness—
her hair
smells different

blindfolded
and anxious
What is taking him so long?

lonely
ripple
from my lure

first winter
away from home
snowflakes on my coat

small town
my bicycle
knows the way

my own
worst enemy
shares my face

no less powerful
the wrinkled page
of a Bible

warm Sunday afternoon
mom and daughter ponytails
chatting in the kitchen

long day at work
red thong on the floor
that isn't mine

stepping stones
deep in the water
the tops of houses

old classmate
reintroducing myself
at dad's funeral

Wild hair
and dragon breath
my child's morning hug

stillness
within a pine forest
one snowflake floating

See the solo Kasen-no-renga "Loving the Bomb" published in the Fall 2007 issue of Collage.