Duanwu de mayo #11

East to West by Matt Frank

Skyline towers escort Sophia’s walk

Gilded ripple reflections welcome Thalia

Concrete Canyons fade like dreams

Emerald Pines greet them both

Desert Blooms by Meggan Uecker

Apple and cherry blossoms heralded by parades and royalty Lilacs and rhododendrons celebrated with races and marching bands While the scrub hills of uncultivated, endemic desert beauty Of golden balsamroot and purple sage humbly steal the show

Copay by John Keay

I’m patient remembering, dismembered, contented
Sick, longing to bring home the bacon
The doctor’s attending, pretended, amended
Well, dollars go plonk in the piggybank

Lake Washington Boulevard in Spring by Doug Foreman

Cherry blossom trees along in a row

Speed bumps hide in leafy shadows

Colors soon float to the long lake

The road hazards stand firm and proud

First time birdhouse by Delphine Yung

Wooden cube on backyard pole Keep sun, cat, raccoon from hole Shave wood, get moss, where is fur? Chickadee scoffs at help to her

Strict Tang form by Irene Yung

Sis bro pal pal hun

Ask quip joke joke fun!

Just five words of one?

First time this time done.

Presently Future Ignorance by Irene Yung

Ruby hibiscus iced gem glass

Blue screen glows lamp light

Years of gathering, when will it end?

Precocity from the first day, let’s not count

Pink Earth by John Keay Red rocks sliced, mountain, adorned with whimsy Why does the Earth show such ancient colors? Anne’s book placed, notes, scorned in science(y) When might the dirt begin to shimmer, playful lovers?

19-7 by Megan Spurgeon

Thirteen players with bats, helmets, and mitts Inevitably only twelve hats at once Nine fielding positions we need to somehow fill And nowhere to hide the three who still can’t catch