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

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Great Lone Tree, So Beautiful--By Robert Lindley--United States

Great Lone Tree, So Beautiful Great lone tree standing in the middle of Harper's lot weathering all attacks from so many enemies it ha...

Friday, June 27, 2014

Sunshine and Smiles--By Linda Hurdwell--England

Sunshine and Smiles Sunshine and smiles That went on for miles Our children at play Each busy day. Seasons slip by Before we could sigh As e...

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Beauty’s Demise--By Jan Henson--Turkey

Beauty’s Demise (Terza Rima Sonnet) A beauty all of her glorious young days, Is it lost as she gets to her elder years? She keeps her vanity...

Monday, June 23, 2014

A Valued Heart--By Karen O'Leary--United States

A Valued Heart a place past the wrinkles… the beauty in her soul keeps flashing in her glorious green eyes Karen O'Leary is a freelanc...

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Let Life--By Jim Teeters--United States

Let Life My inner child cries tries to believe he is not cause--nor cure for all ills that he is good enough Sunlight gleams on salt ...

A Flame Once Burned--By Rick Parise--United States

A Flame Once Burned My sizzling flame has faded in the midst of Summer's embrace and taken my virgin flower of delicately woven lace In ...

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Sweet Dreams--By Gert W. Knop--Germany

Sweet Dreams Oh, do not mourn, is all your light weak, it's only dreams, which find you in the night They do not stay they fly away from...

Fireflies’ Prelude--By Stacy Savage--United States

Fireflies’ Prelude The sun surrenders To the sky As the moon awaits With his winking eye To begin his routine In the rosy wake So the sun ma...

Friday, June 20, 2014

INS-PIR-ATION--By Joe Maverick--England

INS-PIR-ATION When folly leads; to wisdom… By the way of endless dreams 'Pon a backdrop psychedelic where, There's nothing all it se...

“Happy Father’s Day” My Mountain--By Arthur C. Ford--United States

“Happy Father’s Day” My Mountain (For My Father, Fred P. Ford,Sr.,1909-1988) Standing there!! Pointed curves all over. Muscle bounded. Your ...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Haiku--By Asni Amin--Singapore

seamless sky … petals fell in the tinkling of chimes Simply Haiku , Winter 2013 _______________ fragrant breeze … the shiver of new leaves ...

Another Day--By John W. (Bill) Williams--United States

Another Day Each day God grants the power of life Is a gift of no comparison. How wonderful to walk In the soul lifting beauty Of His Marvel...

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

My Little Brother--By Robert Hewett Sr.--United States

My Little Brother (A 9 year old Sister lament) My little brother is a total mess. He is never still even at his best. Into my things and int...

My Bunny--By Jane Richer--Canada

My Bunny I have a little bunny and it lives there under my bed, I tried to cage it, but it prefers to burrow there instead. For awhile I oft...

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

enough time--By jani johe webster--(In Memory-May 2013)--United States

jani johe shared her unique style and insight which left readers in awe. But more importantly, she was a bright light in the writing commun...

Delusions of Grandeur--By Robert P. Hansen--United States

Delusions of Grandeur Figments of brilliance Fall on the page; The best I have written— Boy will they pay! An image that dances; A song that...

Monday, June 16, 2014

Legacy-A Lanterne Sequence--By Brian Strand--England

Legacy-A Lanterne Sequence Our fragrance lingers on within those we rear, sweet smelling if in God we fear- and above hovering blessing as a...

I Walk on Water--By Connie Marcum Wong--United States

I Walk on Water I walk on water… I feel the coolness of the rolling waves Splash beneath my feet. I watch the sun sprinkle diamonds across t...

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Poet of the Month--Sheri Stanley

Soft, Silence Sings, A Sonnet By Sheri Stanley Hear - in the silence an orchestra plays In a whisper, in a moment, ballets Soft transcendent...

Tanka--By Chen-ou Liu--Canada

from his white mouth your hand looks dirty, don't touch me ... the silence and I (a Chinese) some strange race on the bus Equal for all ...

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Dad’s Day--By Gerald A. McBreen--United States

Dad’s Day You always seemed to find a way to make fun times even funner. Challenged us to climb the ladder to its highest rung. When w...

The Poet’s Epitaph--By Terry O'Leary--France

The Poet’s Epitaph Her words, she strewed along the sand while breakers washed ashore. The ripples wove designs unplanned... a verse forever...

Friday, June 13, 2014

Letting Go--By Joyce Johnson--United States

Letting Go Little boy with hair in curl, Pretty as most any girl. Feed you well to make you grow, Wishing time was turned on slow. Watching ...

Haiku/Senryu--By Shloka Shankar--India

a capella in my backyard... robin's song _______________ scented petals glisten in the sun... spring showers _______________ summer bree...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

To Love Me--By James Rasmusson--United States

To Love Me I would love for you to love the love in me as I love the love in you, yet the sun never asked the moon to return his light, nor ...

The Magician's Hall--By Keith O. J. Hunt--Canada

The Magician's Hall The wind is in the west and the moon large and low, the tapered horizon aglow with the recesses of a wither...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

In the Clouds--By Zona Rowand Lawrence--United States

In the Clouds The clouds crown a glow of sunlight fading at eve behind grey mountains Clouds of smoky sun above earth sea and mountains wisp...

Tanka--By Phyllis Babcock--Canada

Sweet scented flowers budding on the lilac trees tiny purple blossoms cluster of floral delight fill the crisp air in springtime. Phyllis Ba...

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Welcome Springtime--By Erich J. Goller--United States

Welcome Springtime (Sedoka Suite) Drops of jeweled light sparkling bright in the night rain blooming flowers bursting forth Welcoming spring...

Broken Monoku--By Ralph Stott--England

broken monoku ..........wind-chimes ....................budding twigs play cat's-cradle ________________ .....land of hope and glory ......

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