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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

Friday, March 17, 2017

Conjunction--By J. T. Milford--United States

Conjunction Stately is the rising moon Sliced and starred edged with darkness presiding over our town below with ancient grace As ...

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Partners in Poetry—By Diana Marie and Yancy Lee Dalton--United States

March Madness? By Diana Marie and Yancy Lee Dalton February blew march winds away Stole Marches thunder in a windy play...

One Regret--By Elaine George--Canada

One Regret Now walking through the autumn of my life Where maple leaves have turned from green to gold I watch them fall in breezes...

Tree Branch Dives--By Diane Webster--United States

Tree Branch Dives Wind-broken branch dives into the river and seeks the strongest current rafting downstream over startled carp and ...

An Old Bore--By Jack Horne--England

An Old Bore A poacher, who hunted on moors, decided to stay with the boors, and walkers at noon reported full moon, as, naked, ...

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

From the Archives—Featuring Michael Escoubas

Dear Whispers’ Readers, It is a joy to travel back into our Whispers’ archives and read poetry from past issues. Today, it is my p...

A Lonely Night--By Blanca Alicia Garza--United States

A Lonely Night Looking at the moon through my window, it's dark, but she shines like never before. A glass of wine in my ha...

Beyond the Midnight Blue--By Martha Magenta--England

Beyond the Midnight Blue I love to love you in the Spring, When nesting birds take to wing. When sunlight glints on morning dew, ...

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

agreeing on spring--By jani johe webster--(In Memory-May 2013)--United States

jani johe’s shared her unique style and insight which still leaves readers in awe. But more importantly, she was a bright light in the wri...

Haiku--Muskaan Ahuja

barren tree... for a naive artist an easy escape ____________ falling leaf – how things settle themselves ____________ ...

A Whiff of Spring--By John W. (Bill) Williams--United States

A Whiff of Spring Spring comes in: trees, wild flowers and blades of grass fill my nostrils. I rejoice that Nature is retrieving ...

Monday, March 13, 2017

Suppression--By Pam Murray--Canada

Suppression She struggled to find her wings Beating against the walls Built from her way of life. Nobody heard her calls. Her...

By Your Presence--By Dan Tharp

By Your Presence The smallness of the sparrow flitting reminds me of the fidgeting moments intermingled with the winds of change ...

To you...By Jan Oskar Hansen--Portugal

To you… It is so difficult of you to hear I can`t be the elegant man in a magazine I do not shine in a group You must let me be a...

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Partners in Poetry--By Gert Knop--Germany & Jack Horne--England

The Shadows of the Night By Gert Knop--Germany & Jack Horne--England The shadows of the night, fall on me like autumnal leaves,...

Friday, March 10, 2017

In Fond Memory of a Poet--By Joyce I. Johnson--United States

In Fond Memory of a Poet He, a man of many talents, Rationed what he let us see. Wit and wisdom he exuded In his unique poetry. We f...

And the winner is…..!--By George L. Ellison--England

And the winner is…..! The big night has come around again The red carpet is rolled out for everyone For the confident, the shy and ...

110 Percent--By Gary Glauber--United States

110 Percent Absolute certainty is dangerous. Many powerful convictions have led to convictions of another sort. Fact: inflated no...

Ant’s Hut--By Aju Mukhopadhyay--India

Ant’s Hut The mother weaver ant stands silently in its hut- the queen is rubbing its chin with its antennae; thoughtless for th...

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Shadow--By Laurie Nguyen (Robin Goodfellow)--United States

Shadow A tiny boy races through a village, with fragile arms carrying books, papers, maybe a pencil or two. He's hugging th...

Sea of Love--By Terry O’Leary--France

Sea of Love White whispers shush the sheltered shore, as soon the cockcrows wake, and seas defy the skittish sky, sense summer zephyr...

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Sacred Frost--By Cindy Hutchings--United States

Sacred Frost (After: “Frost at Midnight” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834) Frost performs secret ministry cry of silentness hu...

Tanka--By Chen-ou Liu--Canada

after ten hours of flipping hamburgers bone-tired I see bare branches crisscross the dawn sky _____________ colored koi in the aqu...

Townsville Truth--By Yancy Lee Dalton

Townsville Truth In Townsville, Australia in the year 1964 24 Elders, a branch president we did adore Our mission president and quite...

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Shadows of the Night--By Gert W. Knop--Germany

Shadows of the Night (English) The shadows of the night, fall on me like leaves, forgotten in the wind, lost like snowy breath ...

Power--By Jim Teeters--United States

Power A mighty magnet draws to itself gravity holds our earth together – keeps us in place combustion or explosion propels aw...

Monday, March 6, 2017

Winter Sky on Fire--By Michael Escoubas--United States

Winter Sky on Fire These barren trees seem absorbed in life set against this yellow and orange surge of color. A few boot-tra...

Enchantment of River Avon--By Annie Jenkin--England

Enchantment of River Avon Capricious Bristol a port and city once traded in slaves. It built the first ocean-liner and Brunel's ...

Resurrection Thoughts--By--Suzanne Clement--United States

Resurrection Thoughts Christ Jesus is risen From the tomb where He lay. He has broken death’s pris...

Friday, March 3, 2017

Teardrop Child--By Susan Kahil--Spain

Teardrop Child Each raindrop fell and grew a child Into a man who then rained tears The sun drew a smile upon that child Man blac...

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