Haiku by Glenn Munroe

scudding clouds forewarn
forces churn beyond our sight
tie the summer down!


the old tree wants in
its branches scratch my window
i bolt shut my door


snowflakes swoop and slide
dancing random pirouettes
my tongue tastes their deaths


winter stalks despair
like a pack of lean white wolves
let your soul burn hot


memories of love
tongues flesh limbs lips and laughter
the promise of spring

Glenn Munroe has worked as a letter carrier, landscaper, taxi driver, environmental advocate, government manager, small business owner, and consultant.  He has always been an avid organic gardener.  He has been writing poetry all his life, but until recently has only published non-fiction writing related to his environmental work.  Currently, he is a senior policy analyst for the Environment Commissioner of Ontario.

Haiku by Mary Salen

Carnal Knowledge

I know your secret
sounds, staccato in my ear:
your edges have popped.


Metamorphosis at Midnight

Caterpillar man
mad for growth, I kiss your head:
BIG old butterfly!



Mary Salen writes poetry from her farm house in the historic Oley Valley, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and five children.

Haiku by Mikel K

You can't buy a cigarette at CVS

but you can get overcharged

for a prescription.

 

 

 

Mikel K is a poet and memoirist living in Atlanta, Ga. K was voted best Atlanta Poet, the last three years in a row, by readers of Creative Loafing, Atlanta's weekly newspaper. He has a BS in English with a minor in Journalism from Georgia State University.  Poetry by Mikel K has appeared in: Subtle Tea, drown in my own fears, poetic diversity, Zygote In My Coffee, The Blue Lake Review, Swimming With Elephants, Visceral Uterus, The Piker Press, Vox Poetica, Napalm and Novocaine, Ceremony, The Georgia Review, The Reeve Report, Lowlife Magazine, The Political Dogma, World Wide Hippies.com, Open Salon, and Beagle Bugle. He was a music columnist for a number of years, covering the Atlanta music scene and worked as a freelancer for The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  You can buy a book by K at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mikelkpoet

Haiku by ayaz daryl nielsen

no, morning breeze

you cannot have

her lingering scent

 

 

honeysuckle breeze

even the scarecrow

sniffs and smiles

 

 

a sparrow sings

listens in the silence

sings again

 

 

 

ayaz daryl nielsen, x-roughneck (as on oil rigs)/hospice nurse, editor of bear creek haiku (25+ years/125+ issues), homes for poems include Lilliput Review, SCIFAIKUEST, Shemom, Shamrock, Kind of a Hurricane, and!  online at  bear creek haiku  poetry, poems and info

The Results for the 2014 Editor's Choice Contest are in!!!

And the Winner is . . .

Scavenger Hunt by Donna Barkman


2nd place goes to . . .

Visitation Tuesday by Denise Weuve


3rd place goes to . . .

Mathematics by Christopher Hivner


This year we had three Honorable Mentions.  They are . . .

The Traffic in Old Ladies by Mary Newell
this small rain by Alexis Rhone Fancher
Signs of the Apolcalypse by Terri Simon


To read the winning poems and to see the complete list of finalists go to Kind of a Hurricane's Editor's Choice Contest Site:  http://editorschoiceaward.blogspot.com/ 

Haiku by A.J. Huffman

frost-bite's kiss lingers
a mere shiver against morning's
virgin smile


bobsleds pepper hillsides
sparkle like silver ornaments
against snow-covered trees


snowflake wonderland
my eyes struggle to discern
individual designs


red barn smothered in white
thawing, the world appears
to be bleeding


snowball fight erupts
children scramble for ammo
snowmen lose their heads



A.J. Huffman has published eleven solo chapbooks and one joint chapbook through various small presses.  Her new poetry collection, Another Blood Jet, is not available from Eldritch Press.  She has two more poetry collections forthcoming:  A Few Bullets Short of Home, from mgv2>publishing and Degeneration, from Pink. Girl. Ink.  She is a Multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, and has published over 2100 poems in various national and international journals, including Labletter, The James Dickey Review, Bone Orchard, EgoPHobia, and Kritya.  She is also the founding editor of Kind of a Hurricane Press.  www.kindofahurricanepress.com

Haiku by Anne Swannell

Wind howls round the porch.
News of the world flies away
smack into a bush!

Anne Swannell's work has been seen in many literary journals, and recently in anthologies from Leaf Press, Chuffed Buff Books, and Polar Expressions.  She has three books of poetry, Drawing Circles on the Water, Mall (Rowan Books, 1991), and Shifting (Ekstasis, 2008).  She lives in Victoria, BC, where she makes mosaics, and is a scenic painter/set designer for local theater companies.