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“Desert Night” by Carol Berg

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Bigger Than They Appear

I am where crevices hide.
Bluegills shatter the quiet
lake, like grief. The lake
folds itself over itself again.
The blue of my dusk hesitates.
Shadows tumble out of heat’s
sheets. Wind settles the bats
with its fumbling hands. Finally
stars begin to unfold their wings.

–Carol Berg,
Bigger Than They Appear
(Accents Publishing)

Carol Berg’s poems are forthcoming or in Mslexia, Fifth Wednesday Journal, qarrtsiluni, and elsewhere. Her website is located at carolbergpoetry.blogspot.com/.

“End of Summer” by Sherry Chandler

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Bluster and blue sky,
gust-driven locust
leaves like drops of sun,
an oak lit neon green,
its limbs that sway in
their dance with the wind,
my rheumatic hip,
its ache as I skip
and limp in the cold.

-Sherry Chandler,
Bigger Then They Appear
(Accents Publishing)

Sherry Chandler’s first full-length collection of poetry, Weaving a New Eden (Wind Publications), has recently been released by Wind Publications.

“No Sapling Love” by Mary E. O’Dell

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Bigger Than They Apear

We are two old oaks
rooted each in our patch of earth
leaning together
crowns near enough
for the sparrows to flit
through our mingled branches.

–Mary E. O’Dell,
Bigger Then They Appear
(Accents Publishing)

Mary E. O’Dell is founder and president of Green River Writers, Inc. and has published several poetry collections. Her first novel, The Sweet Letting Go, was published by Turquoise Morning Press.

“Pear” by Kristine Ong Muslim

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Bigger Than They Appear

It was that kind
of yellow-green
mourning

which had nothing
to do with losing
something.

One wild-eye less,
it swayed—a stout
hourglass.

–Kristine Ong Muslim,
Bigger Than They Appear
(Accents Publishing)

Kristine Ong Muslim has poetry and prose appearing in hundreds of publications, including Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, The Pedestal Magazine, and Southword.

“titleless” by Mark DeCarteret

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Bigger Than They Apear

in a field
familiar
in every
way but
the birds
flying in
forced
exhalation
unlike any
I’ve seen
then it’s winter
I’m a fountain
of trembling
in a house
w/white walls
& a lady bug
struggling
to get back
red again

-Mark DeCarteret,
Bigger Than They Appear
(Accents Publishing)

Mark DeCarteret served as the seventh Poet Laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 2009–2011. You can check out his Postcard Project at pplp.org.

“Thoroughbred Yearling” by Nana Lampton

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Bigger Than They Apear

She strikes the oak boards
with forefeet,
kicks with her hind
until the stall comes down.
I want out.

–Nana Lampton,
Bigger Than They Appear:
Anthology of Very Short Poems
(Accents Publishing)

Nana Lampton

Nana Lampton earned a BA in English literature at Wellesley, and an MA at the University of Virginia, and she attended programs at the Harvard Business School. In 2004, she received an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Nana has also studied drawing and painting at the Corcoran School of Art and the Louisville Visual Art Association. Nana’s other publications include the books Snowy Owl Gathers in Her Trove, and Moon with the Sun in Her Eye. Her art and poetry have been exhibited at the Chapman Friedman Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Northwoods Gallery in Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin, among others

“Beige” by David Park Musella

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"Beige" by David Park Musella

Bigger Than They Apear

“Beige”

It’s not just a color;
it’s a way of life

–David Park Musella,
Bigger Than They Appear:
Anthology of Very Short Poems
(Accents Publishing)

photo “braun & beige” by glasseyes view

David Park Musella is an author, editor, and activist who originated in Buffalo, New York, and currently resides in Lexington, Kentucky.