"Fireflies dazzle a slow-dance"
Humid Evening
by Alan Harris

"Two robins try antiphony positioned fence to fence"
An Evening Question
by Alan Harris

"From suddenly ceiling-ward descended the speech of a sparrow"
Falls Visitor
by Alan Harris

Fort Casey Historical State Park ~ Coupeville ~ Washington

"Heat as thick as Maria's enchilada sauce"
Summer Days
by Maralee Gerke

"An eagle flashing his white tail"
Conquering the Mighty Mackinaw
by Scott Shaffer

"Light still shines, with the fire of day"
Embers
by Dan Fitzgerald

"I look at my son holding his son"
Friday Night Pastime
by Carl Palmer

"I found peace and quiet"
She Never Guessed the Apple Tree Was on My List
by Wilda Morris

Providence Lighthouse ~ Cedar City ~ Utah

"The summer I turned ten"
Sand Castles
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John

"You are my shelter in the cool morning air"
Love Note
by Michael Escoubas

"Sometimes I think I hear its knell"
Villanelle Blues
by Candace Turner

"Tonight, fatigue’s grim flower’s unfurled
Make a Difference!
by D. R. James

"By the inlet in mid-summer light"
Together on This One Day
by Marcel Aime Duclos

"We girls learned to mop, knit, mend"
Sawdust
by Paulette Demers Turco

Poetry Prompt For August 2025

Faro di Murano ~ Mestre ~ Venice ~ Italy

"Foghorn moans her dirge of grief"
Lighthouse
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"She would sing her song as her lamplight beamed"
If the lighthouse could sing
by Michael Escoubas

"We each wish to sail into a safe harbor"
Into the Light
by Elayne Clift

"Leaving touch and words in your wake"
Rolling to Starboard
by Joel Savishinsky

"Our vaporetto churned the teal Venetian Lagoon"
Departing Faro Dell Isola di Murano
by Paulette Demers Turco

"On a moonless night fleeing triremes wrecked upon a rocky shore"
While Contemplating Aegean Green
by Vaughn Neeld

Ekphrastic Prompt forAugust 2025

Northead Light ~ Seaview ~ Washington

Words for My Mother
by Monica K. Allen
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Nothing Louche or Bohemian
Tina Cole and Michael W. Thomas
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater

Winter Poems
by Jim Wilkerson
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

A Swale a Sort of Swaddle
by Abby Walthausen
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse ~ Ilwaco ~ Washington

Publisher: Terrapin Books
What the House Knows
Edited by Diane Lockward

Publisher: Kelsay Books
How to be a Contemplative: Poems and Brief Reflections
by Judith Valente

Heceta Head Lighthouse ~ Lane County ~ Oregon

A fabulous luncheon choice
Butternut Caprese
from the kitchens of Michelle Butler and Sharmagne Leland-St.John

OLDIES BUT GOODIES:

French-Style Potato Salad
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland- St. John

Honey Lavender Ice Cream 
from the kitchen of Shartmagne Leland-St.John

Point Vicente Lighthouse ~ Palos Verde ~ California

Sharmagne Leland-St. John

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