1

the beginning
and end;
two-sided puzzle

Eden Niebrugge

2

salted pretzel
the seasoned dog 
sleeps

Eden Niebrugge

3

it’s warm outside
the season turning
still winter

Semmieon Brandon

4

no more assignments 
graduation day  
bittersweet

Semmieon Brandon

5

her voice echoes
paper white and bare
I fall asleep

Semmieon Brandon

6

lips caught on
dry teeth;
class presentation

Eden Niebrugge

7

lights pass.
staring past window
into night

Ender Ford

8

a song.
room fills with words unspoken
and tears

Ender Ford

9

reappearing eyebrows
her magic trick
with a mirror

Randy Brooks

10

bright sun
a strand of hair
sparkles

Sav Stringer

11

a squeeze of the hand
pulls me out
of my thoughts

Helana Swenson

12

she glances
my way
mouthing words

Helana Swenson

13

brush on canvas
painting tense lines
of her shoulders

Helana Swenson

14

his black-brown hair
glows
she stares

Sav Stringer

15

stingray
belly soft
and white

Sav Stringer

16

cats
in an old farmer's shed
no machines

Jim Wilkerson

17

the furnace hums
in an empty classroom
creaks from the hallway floor

Jim Wilkerson

18

walnut tree
a seed 
placed by a squirrel

Shania Yumol

19

hunting done
the neighbor cat
kitty trots home

Randy Brooks

20

the wind 
hums a song. 
no voice, only sky

Shania Yumol

21

foreheads together
with no sound
a conversation

Jim Wilkerson