Today
I remain a prayer flag whipped by mountain winds
justice and peace tear and tatter
hearts shred
we go on
Pamela Devereaux Wilson
Four and Twenty of the Week, February 16
February 16, 2010
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February 2010 • Volume 3 • Issue 2
February 15, 2010Click the image below to download the February 2010 Issue of Four and Twenty (564 KB). The journal is best viewed in full screen mode on Adobe Reader.
This issue of the journal features artwork by Susan Sarver and poetry by David Ash, Eric Wayne Dickey, Mary Foulk, Christie Isler, Chen-ou Liu, George J. McCarthy, Joanne Merriam, Margaret Gish Miller, Earl Moore, Karissa Morton, Mary Jane Nordgren, Larissa Pham, Kristin Roedell, Daniel Romo, Dave Shepp, and Pamela Devereaux Wilson.
A new issue of Four and Twenty is released the third Tuesday of each month. The next issue of the journal will be released on March 16, 2010.
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Valentine Verses ♥
February 12, 2010Happy Valentine’s Day from Four and Twenty! Below are our favorites from the Valentine Verses you have submitted. May your day resound with poetry.
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Candy hearts proclaim
YOURS 4 EVER, STUCK ON U
Love in a nutshell
Cara Holman
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glassine lake waters
swan necks forming perfect hearts
each bow to their mate
Stacey Wilson
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February love,
intimate, those kisses, hugs
cozy warmth, so snug
Lisa Brown
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Daffodils blooming
an expansive calm blue sky
love is in the air
Judy Shanley
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unrealistic
impossibly romantic
can you meet me there?
Richard Austin Borthwick
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Wandering through life
You are here, filling me up
Invoking true love.
Heather Strang
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Her long tousled hair
tenderly brushed by his hand
on a moonlit night.
Ellen Rothstein
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Listen to my heart
it beats in time with your own
but stays true to self
Richard Austin Borthwick
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Just the two of them
rocking and remembering
on the old porch swing.
Ellen Rothstein
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he holds her frail hand
a lifetime spent as sweethearts
final warmth of love
Stacey Wilson
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I say “I love you.”
You whisper “Dear one, me too.”
Ten years since you died.
Nancy Montague
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he sat alone
unwrapped flowers in his hand
starved petals browning
Angie Werren
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You apart from me
My soul aching to hold you
touching you once more
Jennifer Carpenter
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No gem in champagne
You gave truly from your heart
A beer can pull-ring
Nancy Montague
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Hope for love endures
Through red paper promises
I’m yours, please be mine
Shelley Harrison Rae
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Don’t spit on the mirror.
Don’t leave dirty dishes in the sink.
Do say you love me.
Karen Grosskreutz
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Suckers pay full price. But
lovers give all. It would be a
bargain at twice the price.
Karen Grosskreutz
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I want the last word.
But that means I would have to
speak to you again.
Darcy McMurtery
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Love may bloom and fade
But stores keep selling roses
And chocolate hearts
Cara Holman
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Four and Twenty of the Week, February 9
February 9, 2010Passage
Wisteria weeps walkway.
I immerse in its perfume,
fragrance of my loneliness.
There was little left to say.
Robert Francis Flor
Other poetry by Robert Francis Flor is featured in the current issue (January 2010• Volume 3 • Issue 1) of the journal.
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