Contradiction, by Joan Riordan

It’s not good for the driver who has someplace to be or for the critters nearby in the sewer, brook or tree. But the gasoline leaking from an unknown vehicle leaves a mural of swirling colour on my street – a roiling ocean sunset during a storm. A masterpiece.  ...

Red Bridge, by Marie Papier

after Paul Klee I almost fell off the red bridge but the yellow moon shining in the blue night said: see that pink tower with a black roof? There lives old Uncle Paul a smart painter who can make any old thing into a bright new toy. Knock on the door he’ll let you in...

Orange, by Theresa Gaughan

The sun looks like a big, beautiful orange high in the sky. An orange tastes like a big burst of sunshine in my mouth. Yum!     Theresa Gaughan is a veteran teacher who currently teaches third grade in Knoxville, Tennessee. She enjoys creating poems to share...

The boy who ate the sky, by Ian Humphreys

There was a hungry boy who swallowed the sun. ‘Oh, what have you done to the sun?’ said his mother. ‘Now go to your room.’ And the very next day while his mum was away his eyes burned yellow, poor fellow! There was a hungry boy who swallowed a cloud. ‘You’re not...

Vermilion, by Harry Glass

You illuminated manuscript pages by sages in the middle ages and, later, greater paintings by Renaissance aces. You helped decorate the home, from China to Rome. But most of all, beyond your fame, I just really like your name. Thanks vermilion.     Harry...