Theme 06: "Bucolia"
Theme 06: “Bucolia” Highlights…
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"Bucolic Lover"
Poetry by Rachel Turney
“I am dancing with cows. / Surrendered to the night /filled with stars. / Pulling peaches from verdant trees. / Grooming difficult horses.”
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"Among the Dandelions"
Poetry by Jonathan Chernoff
“Here, among the dandelions, I take my stand, / and with a sharp stick uproot the corruption.”
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What the Tree Teaches: A Quiet Instruction
Poetry by Pradeep R. Varadwaj
“Beneath old limbs, we pause, / breath caught like a moth in a web, / asking what memory offers— / from patience that asks nothing, / from shade that shelters all.”
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"Scrolling" April 9, 2025"
Poetry by Kenneth Pobo
“I often take my phone camera / when I do my morning / garden stroll. Flowers / are fleeting—I want / to remember as many / as I can.”
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"Nukazuke"
CNF by Zary Fekete
“When the pickles are ready, they are sliced simply. No garnish. They accompany rice. They sit to the side. They sharpen everything else. Sour, salty, alive. They wake the mouth without demanding attention.”
Three Micros
Micro-Fiction by Mikki Aronoff
“The man with no eyes and ears who tunes pianos tap-tap-taps at our door at the creaky-crack of dawn and plunks his satchel of tools down next to the spinet.”
Room 5 (September 1995)
Micro-fiction by Chris Gerboth
“He was kind and he worked hard...He was a good man, just not the right man.”
Featured Poetry…
“Three Poems” from Mirror Made of Words
by Dario Cvencek
“…let it ripen well / when it’s / ready to / silently / it will / fall into / your palm”