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, June 30, 2015

Submission Guidelines

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 Submissions of unpublished and previou...

Monday, June 29, 2015

Editor's Thoughts--By Karen O'Leary--United States

Dear Friends, It is a joy to share a few thoughts with you. Our writing community continues to expand with fourteen new writers this month....

Empty Hands--By Linda Hurdwell--England

Empty Hands And so the joyous tide of life Is shrivelling ‘neath the sun Its absurd complexity Has almost had its fun The subtle sunset cove...

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Beyond--By Diana Dalton--United States

Beyond Beyond the word Truth is heard Beyond thought Spirit is Sought Beyond the self Lies the Oneself Beyond space & time Eternity rema...

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Haiku--By Arvinder Kaur--India

smoke ring... the proposal that never was _______________ my last coin... the silent ripples in the wishing well _______________ new mathema...

authentic life...--By Sara R. Vogler--United States

authentic life i lead, where courage is reclaimed, and souls are reborn. travels are made now, And will be remembered when the night crawls ...

Friday, June 26, 2015

Tanka--By Ramesh Anand--India

a monarch flutters against the train window i set it free from my fingertips and wing along with it _______________ across the border everyt...

An Old Soldier--By Celine Rose Mariotti--United States

An Old Soldier You’re an old soldier, Dad, You’re an Infantryman, You’ve been overseas, In a foreign land, You’re an old soldier, Dad, You c...

Thursday, June 25, 2015

A Cottage there by the Willows--By Keith Hunt--Canada

A Cottage there by the Willows By the willows, where the sun shone gazing, streaming through arbors hazed, And apple-cider scents were...

Poetry--By Ronald Grognet--United States

lunar eclipse-- harsh things I didn't say to my mother _______________ lost in my writing-- cold coffee _______________ still standing a...

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Relationship Destined--By Frances Simwinga--Malawi

Relationship Destined We; torn between names--lovers, friends--, bonded by silence, of tied tongues, sustained by imagination, of you and me...

Morning Come--By Robert A. Dufresne--United States

Morning Come Swirling, cinnamon peppered, Neapolitan skies, beckon like candy to my famished searching eyes. Western honey colored rays bur...

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Leap of Faith--By Chen-ou Liu--Canada

Leap of Faith (a solo somonka for Søren Kierkegaard) among shadows in this attic room I hear years of lonely nights stacked against my mind ...

Strengthen Me, Holy God--By Suzanne Clement--United States

Strengthen Me, Holy God (Proverbs 18:10) Strengthen me, Holy God For I need Your strong power. Without You, I am weak. To me, You’re a...

Monday, June 22, 2015

ACROSTIC--By James Rasmusson--United States

ACROSTIC A crostic poems are fun to do C reating lines that are right on cue, R endering verse when a line’s first letter O ffers meaning ye...

Boy, Do I Need Some Rest!--By Alan McAlpine Douglas--United Kingdom

Boy, Do I Need Some Rest! Beyond the clouds what can I see ? Not much, or anyway, not much to impress me. Beyond the clouds a ball of mud, w...

Sunday, June 21, 2015

To The Sea--By Sara Kendrick--United States

To The Sea Waiting out the summer storm Wind whipping the trees Down pour of rain pelts the truck Bounces, tumbles free Short lived episode ...

Limbo--By Terry O'Leary--France

Limbo Six steeple towers, cold as steel, drab daggers in the sky! Their hallowed halls no longer call when breezes wander by – for, filled w...

Saturday, June 20, 2015

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

we have not lived such a long time when autumn nights can move us so when we know where the seagulls sleep at dawn and hear the music of the...

WHISPERS’ SPECIAL ACTIVITY--WHY DO I WRITE?

In an effort to help contributors and readers get to know others better, writers were asked to answer the question above. I am delighted to...

Forest Way--By Joyce I. Johnson--United States

Forest Way I wandered down the forest lane Just to see what joys I'd find. The path was dry from lack of rain And rimmed by plants of ev...

Friday, June 19, 2015

Poetry--By Yuan Changming--Canada

The Fish in the Glass Jug You keep jumping high Above the mouth to escape Far from this prison Not knowing there’s everything But water outs...

Suddenly--By Connie Marcum Wong--United States

Suddenly Suddenly I was caught In the whirlwind of you. Tumbling, tumbling... My heart beating faster Flying, soaring into the heav...

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Evening--By Jan Allison--United Kingdom

Evening sapphire blue velvet punctuated by stars heavens above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan Allison is a relat...

Sanctuary--By Mary A. Couch--United States

Sanctuary Within the glen a fairy ring, and there the child did lie. She heard the fairies sing beneath a moonlit sky. Safe from the hunter’...

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Sunflowers--By Marlene Million--United States

Sunflowers Good Morning, Sunflowers! You face the sun in worship with petals, a spiral pattern of rich lemony, bountiful fun. Nature focuses...

Waiting--By Rohini Gupta--India

Waiting The windows stay shut against the chill the cats are fluffed and hunched waiting for the clatter of their bowls summer is forgetful ...

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Beside a stream...By David Coon--United States

Beside a stream of crystal; its laughter sings to me. Wild salmon rejoice in the current, free to swim naturally. No dam to impede them as t...

ME ME ME--By Brian Strand--England

ME ME ME Hashtags and selfies, egos and wealth- faux publicity for myself. Brian Strand has created short poetic forms including 'broken...

Monday, June 15, 2015

No Internet In Heaven--By Erich J. Goller--United States

No Internet In Heaven Young Eric coming home from school all excited he is telling his mom, “ today I’ve learned how to log on and now I can...

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