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

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Submission Guidelines

Thank you for considering Whispers for a place to share your writing. The guidelines follow: 1. Submissions of unpublished and p...

Monday, March 30, 2015

Time to Reflect--By Charlene McCutcheon--United States

Time to Reflect It's silent except for the ticking of the clock in the hall. Quite late, but with time to myself, I can reflect on it al...

Sunday, March 29, 2015

This Day--By Maureen Sudlow--New Zealand

This Day Red berries on the deck among the rattling swords of the Nikau. Sun-warmed wind soft on my skin. The shifting Paulownia leaves pain...

Saturday, March 28, 2015

P s a l m 7 3--By Colan Hiatt--United States

P s a l m 7 3 The merchant seemed to prosper Although his ethics were not good He took advantage of the poor Overcharging them, each time h...

The Elves--By David Fox--United States

The Elves Once upon a starry night Some elves came out to play It really was quite a sight It was more than words can say. The frolicked in ...

Friday, March 27, 2015

Limerick--By Jack Horne--England

A tiger cub coloured his head In zigzags of turquoise and red. He had a complaint: Allergic to paint - And now he is spotty instead... Jack ...

IT IS TIME--By Sandra K. Smith--United States

IT IS TIME IT IS TIME December 9th, 2009. IT IS TIME for our family to gather one by one. IT IS TIME the Doctors, Nurses, Specialist, and St...

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Late Winter--By Elizabeth Kral--United States

Late Winter hungry sparrows snow on seed pods chimneys gush smoke quilt-wrapped silhouette behind frosted window glass sun-sparkled snow, i...

Calling the Lord--By Sunil Uniyal--India

Calling the Lord (a Bhajan in English) As comes the spring to a barren hill or rain to a thirsty tree, So Thou come to me, O my Lord, so Tho...

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Special Feature Collaborative Poem--By Lainey--Canada and Michael Todd--United States

Smile Catcher By Lainey & Michael Todd Comic relief class clown, what I aspire to be. No pratfall too hard to take, stumble the aisle. T...

Spring at Last--By David Austin--United States

Spring at Last spring with snow on the ground what shall i wear it’s fifty outside not a cloud anywhere the sky is two shades brighter i fee...

Tanka--By Elizabeth Howard--United States

clusters of red poppies climb the hills from Rome to Florence prelude to other chefs-d’oeuvre the David and the Pietà a bunny clown hoppin...

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Haiku/Senryu--By Shloka Shankar--India

job listings swatting flies above my head _______________ face mask mother peels years off her skin _______________ sleepless I whistle thro...

Summer Sunset--By Robert L. Hinshaw--United States

Summer Sunset Summer sunsets o'er majestic Pikes Peak are a wonder to behold. Unequaled hues gild the western sky in flaming red and gol...

Monday, March 23, 2015

Imagination--Suzanne Delaney--United States

Imagination This page of botanical images in sepia, depict the petals, veins, leaves of exotic plants. Listed alphabetically are illustratio...

Musically Speaking--By d. n. simmers--Canada

Musically Speaking After Wallace Stevens This is not about a blue guitar. But a blues guitar. Where hands of my brother's friend were on...

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Haiku--By Robert Epstein--United States

through the night and into New Year’s their baby talk _______________ winter fog how old the new car looks _______________ bedridden my niec...

Thy Kingdom Come--By Marcus Omer--United States

Thy Kingdom Come Hasten that day when I no longer sigh, about a world gone terribly awry. Bring forth that day when there's true peace w...

Saturday, March 21, 2015

An Ascending Ambition--By Patricia Ann Farnsworth-Simpson--Canary Islands

An Ascending Ambition (Take a Letter) Almighty Father you’re the one Above whom I worship and adore Always I pray that you will be Amid my f...

Considerations--By Joann Grisetti--United States

Considerations the laughter and joys of childhood, ancient and distantly met what does it take to remember? what does it take to forget? all...

Friday, March 20, 2015

WHISPERS' SPECIAL ACITIVITY--FORM--THE BREVETTE

The Brevette is a minimalist poem composed of only three words developed by Emily Romano. Shadow Poetry defines the form as one that “con...

Optimist Prime--By Cristine A. Gruber--United States

Optimist Prime The Ultimate Transformer She stilled the baby’s tears, got the toddler to smile, and the parents to laugh out loud. I watched...

Insignificant--By Peter Dome--United Kingdom

Insignificant A tiny grain of sand in a endless desert A single tear drop in a vast deep sea A speck of dust in a whirlwind A small candle f...

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Hidden Beauty--By Andrea Dietrich--United States

Hidden Beauty (a rondeau) Hidden beauty I know can dwell within a body worn and frail. I think of one who had been doled great miseries, so ...

Material or Spiritual?--By Lanette Kissel--United States

Material or Spiritual? We can choose to live in a material world where we’re all about acquiring more stuff. Such a choice will leave us fee...

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Swells that Compel--By Olive Eloisa D. Guillermo--Philippines

Swells that Compel the fall moon's lull shows mystique silence across skies branches shadow dance rice seedling patch strewn upon well-p...

Special Feature Collaborative Poem--By Barbara Tate with Karen O’Leary--United States

Tan Renga By Barbara Tate and Karen O’Leary moment of truth lost in transition... a puzzled look the wind blows only one way

Always…--By Richard Carl Subber--United States

Always… I will be your trusted friend, always care for you. I will walk your path in life, always there for you. I will feel your joys and h...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Excerpt from The Gift of You, The Gift of Me--By Nila J. Webster--United States

Excerpt from The Gift of You, The Gift of Me Thank you for The color of joy And the shape of love For the shadows as dusk For the mourning d...

Haiku--By Kelley White--United States

crickets wind in a dozen kind of trees the meeting house bell _______________ fragrance of pine cones spilled beneath the waterfall d...

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