Whispers...

Painting pictures with words. Opening a part of the soul. Emotion flowing with the lines. Tapestry skillfully woven. Reflecting thoughts artfully. Yearning to make a difference. --Karen O'Leary--Whispers' Editor

Monday, May 27, 2013

Question Mark--By Shannon O'Leary--United States

Question Mark I think I am like this question mark not knowing which way to go; what is my spark? Life can be confusing, tumbling, and circl...

Friday, May 24, 2013

Haiku--By Robert Epstein--United States

zen garden nothing stands out ~ 2007 Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology checkout time is noon I turn in the key and everything...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Spring Paintings by Kinkade--By David Austin--United States

Spring Paintings by Kinkade purple sky at eve a log cottage by a stream with windows aglow after Vietnam my old familiar path home lights an...

Monday, May 20, 2013

Still - Again - I See--By Rick Parise--United States

Still - Again - I See haunted by my haunts so long ago, I look deep before the morning to let it go forever the pain of remembering ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Limerick--By Jean Calkins--United States

Limerick The question has baffled us all; I find myself climbing the wall. The answer, it seems, Must come in my dreams, For my brain ...

Monday, May 13, 2013

Thoughts on Paper--By Karen O'Leary--United States

Thoughts on Paper Writing is about connecting and vision for a new way. It longs to reach beyond the limits of yesterday, seeking paths to t...

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Spring Dance--By Dena M. Ferrari--United States

Spring Dance Spring has arrived let’s sing dance and play Climb aboard the world we call a stage Don’t trip, don’t slip, don’t fall Don’t co...

Friday, May 10, 2013

Sage Advice From George Washington--By Robert L. Hinshaw--United States

Sage Advice From George Washington "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your reputation!" This sage advice w...

Tears of Joy--By Maurice J. Reynolds--United States

Tears of Joy To cry. Let my eyes fill with tears, For tears help to cleanse the soul from hurt and pain. Tears of joy flow like a river runn...

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Distance--By Ranu Uniyal--India

Distance Tomorrow. You promised. And I almost cried needled anxiety, prodding fingers Those between us smiled. Caressing memories of frayed ...

Ostrich--By Arthur C. Ford, Sr.--United States

Ostrich I demand a re-evolution, Darwin!! Why have You forsaken me-Divinity? Other birds can fly! Arthur C. Ford, Sr. is originally from New...

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Van Gogh Died Broke Too--By Richard Sponaugle--United States

Van Gogh Died Broke Too Editors keep rejecting me. But someday it’s to be, that I’ll be in Shakespeare’s stead; appreciated only when dead. ...

The Wakes Week, implemented in 1907--By Jack Horne--England

The Wakes Week, implemented in 1907 The busy time is winding down, Our holiday is drawing near, The mills and factories will close; Oh, what...

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Off Key Wings of Song--By Suzanne Delaney--United States

Off Key Wings of Song With blundering fingers- an off key funk- a hangover disguised with natty turnarounds as he plays on Like a truth whee...

York In Bloom--By Joann Grisetti--United States

York In Bloom blustery wind pushes round Clifford’s Tower almost a spring day daffodils nod to the sky “Here sun, have some yellow” Joann Gr...

Monday, May 6, 2013

Soul--By Barbara Siekierski--United States

Soul Wisdom comes from the heart… teaches the soul Barbara Siekierski is a writer from Swarthmore, PA.

Poets words, like rivers flow (Triodyne)--By Yancy Dalton--United States

Poets words, like rivers flow (Triodyne) Oh the commonality of poets and rivers Flowing through scenes of awesome beauty Scribing a never en...

Poem by Mirza Ghalib--Translation by Sunil Uniyal--India

Urdu original poem by Mirza Ghalib Wo firaaq aur wo visaal kahaan? Wo shabo-rozo-maaho-saal kahaan? Fursat-e-kaarobaar-e-shauq kise? z...

Sunday, May 5, 2013

A Lady Unknown--By Jan Oskar Hansen--Portugal

A Lady Unknown I have a photo of my grandmother, she looks so young and beautiful, her hair glossy, but there is a paleness about her and a ...

Heaven's Song--By Christine Tate--United States

Heaven's Song We love the sound when church bells ring and the hymns a choir sings; chirping birds put us at ease as do wind chimes in t...

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Transubstantiation--By Kathryn McLoughlin Collins--United States

Transubstantiation eyes on the runners boom…………… sweat to blood on the sidelines Patriot’s Day Born in 1945, Kathryn Collins is a native New...

Haunted--By Jan Henson--Turkey

Haunted Haunted by ghostly visions of the past Honeyed passions that couldn’t last Loving promises fell from gilded lips Envisioned, not, lo...

Friday, May 3, 2013

Waking April--By Sandra Stefanowich--Canada

Waking April On a cold day under misty blue-gray skies darkened clouds moodily pass each other by. Seasoned tree tops shiver on the land...

A Final Plea--By Carolyn Devonshire--United States

A Final Plea I wonder if you can hear my cries. With tear-filled eyes I look to the skies. There’s no response; something inside dies. I und...

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Nature’s Intoxicating Songs and Sights--By Ndaba Sibanda--Saudi Arabia

Nature’s Intoxicating Songs and Sights I just like to stray into the forest each time l visit the countryside How I like to immerse myself ...

A Piece of the Puzzle--By Rhoda Galgiani--United States

A Piece of the Puzzle The warmth of a winter’s sun comforts the cockles of ones heart as they lean into the rays of splendor A spray of mois...

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Time Out--By Helen Dowd--Canada

Time Out Have you not seen how peacefully the fish swim in a pond? Or watched a bird soar oh, so high, free in its world beyond? Have you no...

(haiku/tanka/dodoitsu)--By Andrea Dietrich--United States

two dolphins swimming an endless sea before them. . . . and love knows no bounds always together the dolphins follow instinct but fun times ...

MAY ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

It is a pleasure to share the first Whispers monthly ad column. Thank you to those that have submitted accomplishments and publication oppo...

Monday, April 29, 2013

Heartprints--By Betty Jo Mings--United States

Heartprints Each thing I touch leaves fingerprints The human eye can’t see. My prints are all uniquely mine, And my identity. But I would li...

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