OPEN MIC ARCHIVE
November, 1996

Updated November 25, 1996

Again,

A job has gone astray.

Again,

The light's gone from the day.

Again,

I search to find a way.

This time,

I'll wait to hear God say,

I've come,

To all your fears alay.

Updated November 17, 1996

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What is it

that makes

a person

happy,

I try to

think when

I've free

time.

Now usually

I admit

more than

ever,

now and then

I look for

that secret

everywhere.

By Anvisha Agarwal

--*--

tucked between

fallen leaves

a white chrysanthemum-

once pinned to my label

by your unsteady hands

Neca Stoller

--*--

kitchen window
steamy
soup kettle

Nancy Ayash

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My New Friend

he stops me

on the street

for a loan

to buy a glass

of milk

I ask how much

one costs

and he says

that it runs

about a dollar

in today's

inflated economy

--*--

Winsome cowboys ride
horses along a broken fence
in the Autumn chill.

Updated November 11, 1996

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Autumn fields lament

-hoarse whisper

farmer scans newspaper

--*--

black tree shadows

gash sunlit snow

zebra hide

Nancy Ayash

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(sijo)

Old age had claimed the maple tree planted when our sons were born;
amid sweet scent of colored leaves, its death lay heavy on the lawn.
Nearby, a small shoot standing strong; evening songbirds come to perch.

~ Elizabeth St Jacques