Poetry

"...So tiny, and yet so much power do I have..."

"...A deafening silence sticks like glue..."

"...true Dionysian, letting go resentments and hurts..."

"...For a cause Sustainable? Or For a failure Unavoidable?.."

"That ginger aroma in my cup stirs some chords of yore..."

"...this man, who knows not how to be..."

"...A loud knock on the front door announces the arrival of Gauguin..."

"...her pen patted her paper like a chum..."

"...six bodies in all and 12 wounded..."

David Painter is a Northeast Ohio poet and photographer. His aim is to capture his point of view on the world through nature, culture, architecture and history.

"...two seconds to read and what seems like an eternity to craft..."

"...we rectify an entirely different set of divine rights..."

"...become a fire-breathing monster..."

"...for once, I couldn't leap into the next adventure...."

"...sirens sound in the distance..."

"...these shy flowers know their place in the world..."

"...until you come across that one poem..."

"...we rejoice when it croons with us..."

Nolcha Fox has written all her life, starting with poop and crayons on the walls.

"...There needs to be boundaries and those boundaries must be protected..."

"...Ambitions abandoned a heart resigned..."

"...But if you so enjoy it, it isn't a disorder..."

"...the world seems to be giving me the silent treatment..."

"...Blood spills Life overturns..."

"...her touch reconnoitered the world of my hand..."

"Spring's oldest tree invented honey..."

"...those mysterious machines on rubber shoes..."

"...You run with a bad crowd..."

"...steady my heart and soul with present moment awareness..."