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

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Turning--By Molly Moore--United States

Turning On this sizzling August day Leaves are already turning But a vague melancholia wants summer to stay As tinges of red ignite old year...

Haiku--By Karen O'Leary--United States

hospice the last leaf falls in peace _______________ Simon says take two steps back-- spring layoff _______________ windstorm the wheat bent...

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Our Peanut Puppy--By Shirley Smothers--United States

Our Peanut Puppy Silly little Puppy, Silly little Dog. She’s hyperactive she’s an attention hog. I love her to pieces, with her I love to pl...

Monday, August 25, 2014

Poppies for the Fallen--By George L. Ellison--England

Poppies for the Fallen (Remembrance) Poppies they grow now on Flanders fields Where once many a brave soldier did fight Against all the odd...

Evergreen of Faith--By Kevin Bates--United States

Evergreen of Faith I stand before you an evergreen of faith; never seasonal in faith, yet year round. Deeply rooted I am my foundation stron...

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Prairie Flower--By Robert Hewett Sr.--United States

Prairie Flower The fiery sun blushes the cactus and sage The flowers unfold to the morning rays. A harmless roadrunner hustles down the road...

a micropoem--By Shivapriya Ganapathy--India

a micropoem clouded by tears, the night wears a black moon. Shivapriya Ganapathy is from Kanchipuram, India. She graduated with a Masters de...

Saturday, August 23, 2014

If You Are Lonely--By Connie Marcum Wong--United States

If You Are Lonely If you are lonely, watch the birds In their freedom of flight... Feel the warmth of the sun kiss your cheeks and smile. Vi...

Nocturnal Hum--By Jan Oskar Hansen--Portugal

Nocturnal Hum She sat in her nightdress on the steps up to the terrace looking up to the sky - Full moon and stars so near you only needed a...

Friday, August 22, 2014

Storm Clouds--By Russell Sivey--United States

Storm Clouds The clouds spike their way in, grey and powerful An amazing sight, climbing up to the sky Such power and light flows through in...

Special Feature Youth Writer--Dayva Ann Learned--United States

Stinger Soaring through the sky Wings fluttering majestically Get on my wrong side I'll be your worst nightmare Inside of me lives a bee...

Thursday, August 21, 2014

We all walk…--By Jim Teeters--United States

We all walk… this tired earth hopeful or afraid carry burdens speak love follow or lead sometimes alone or hand-in-hand towar...

Memories--By Linda Hurdwell--England

Memories I hear the voice of dreams And sniff the scent of memory. Your touch, your noise, your smell. How cruel is life as his mask now bea...

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Spring Song--By Marlene Million--United States

Spring Song Winter's gone, all the frost and snowmelt flowing into local streams. Sun's warmth shines in reverie upon May's buds...

Silence--By Mary Kent--United States

Silence The room is quite my eyes are closed the only sound I hear is the beating of my heart I listen closely--and I can hear my heart tell...

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Retrospective--By Brian Strand--England

Retrospective (a phrasis) Humble stirrings of our spheres, flowers of inner feelings in a retrospective of words, made now, for the moment. ...

An Unwelcome Guest--By Robert P. Hansen--United States

An Unwelcome Guest Just outside my window, the flutter of wings against the pane. A robin has built a nest of mud-encrusted twigs and feathe...

Monday, August 18, 2014

Special Feature Collaborative Poem--By Carolyn Devonshire--United States and Paul Callus--Malta

Halloween’s Mask of Comfort By Carolyn Devonshire and Paul Callus In a house beside the forest lives a woman and her son He is scarred by bu...

Of Promises and Ashes--By Joe Maverick--England

Of Promises and Ashes A promotion of anxiety entwines with current society, engendering moral surrendering, we live a life now so compromise...

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Reason for Mortal Life--By Yancy Lee Dalton--United States

Reason for Mortal Life I remember, Dad taking his snow boots off, while observing upset mom. She was listing to the battery powered radio. D...

Tanka--By Chen-ou Liu--Canada

latest volley in my diplomatic spat with the muse ... the words in my tanka morph into dead cockroaches the muse hooded in black ... clichés...

Saturday, August 16, 2014

the color of august--by jani johe webster--(In Memory-May 2013)--United States

the color of august what is the color of august you ask me what is the sound of a shadow and how do you say a hope can you see time in a dre...

Breath of Life--By Gerald A. McBreen--United States

Breath of Life You filled my breast with hope raised desire beyond promise mocked the future, made it cry. You were my breath of life the so...

Friday, August 15, 2014

Angel-Bearer--By Jane Richer--Canada

Angel-Bearer Going through mankind's wishes, suddenly a twinkling star appeared, hidden inside - a heartfelt cry for a special soulmate ...

Poet of the Month--Terry O’Leary

We May Meet Again By Terry O’Leary Beneath long lashes, misty clad, Your limpid eyes are sometimes sad; They bring to mind a hom...

Lost Love's Dream Shadow--By Robert Lindley--United States

Lost Love's Dream Shadow Deep within a sunlit drop of refreshing rain I saw a glimpse of her beautiful face again Dreams flow past as sw...

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Tanka--By Caroline Skanne--United Kingdom

i bury seeds in morning sun a flower prayer for this earth to be healed crickets in the night your song fills me with summer stars a dream c...

The Shy Rose--By Kelly Deschler--United States

The Shy Rose Such a beautiful, blooming rose, There is no reason to be shy, So, why let your petals close, When the sun is low in the sky. D...

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Burial--By Maureen Sudlow--New Zealand

Burial They come to farewell us before the lonely trek to Reinga carried by the wings of the little owl calling us to tangi with them befor...

This Way to the Egress--By Eleanor Michael--United States

This Way to the Egress My generation is leaving one at a time, more lately. Yes, we’ll be around awhile, but those left are slowing down. Li...

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