Reflections on Getaway

From now to when (Photo – Sonny Premo).

POETRY  CORNER

– 12/3/14

Carlos Colón

lazy fall afternoon
leaf-watching
my exercise

Carlos Colón is the author of Haiku Elvis: A Life in 17 Syllables (or Less). He has been writing poems for 40 years. He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana and appears occasionally as the “King” himself.

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Leaf watching (Photo – Sonny Premo).

Briony James

I would fly with wings
broad-feathered and strong
soaring
over now
securing my when

Briony James, is a NY native that currently resides in Altadena. She is passionate about classical piano, sewing her own clothes, dancing, painting and poetry. She is also a docent at USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena.

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Wine glass cloud faces (Photo – Sonny Premo).

Sandi Pray

garden party
drawing cloud faces
on my wineglass
until a songbird comes
to take me away

Sandi Pray, a retired high school librarian, is now a wild child who roams between mountain and marsh in North Carolina and Florida.

*Photos by Sonny Premo, Pasadena, CA.

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