Poetry 26
by multiple poets
Winter 2024-25
Cormorants in Rich Passage. photo by John F. Williams
Poetry 26
by multiple poets
Winter 2024-25
Along Rich Passage
by Sue Hylen
Along Rich Passage
Cormorants
guard
pier pilings
sea lions
honk
their songs
seven geese
soar
high above
through
silver
swirling
skies
Post Vernal
by Barbara Clark
The sun is just right as I round
the corner to catch the needles,
gold and fleeing from the trees.
There’s a stiff wind and they fly
almost horizontal,
like bullets yet benign.
It is their splendor
that makes me catch
my breath, a plenitude
to dazzle. Behold.
The sky has fallen.
THE WHITE OF SEAGULLS
by Diane Moser
I watch the white of seagulls
across the valley;
wind-whipped
in a turbulent sky.
They play with gusts
riding up and down
with each wave.
They take turns as leader
daring in their dives
trusting in their wings.
They bring release
from today’s
dark news.
Seagull zooming through the air. photo by John F. Williams
EARLY MORNING
by Diane Moser
Clouds so low
you can reach out
and touch them.
Hawks tease forest tops,
play with wind
and feathered dreams,
against the open sky.
Anchored boats,
masts reaching up,
bob like sea otters
in the sheltered bay.
First light
of early morning
makes all things possible.
Sue Hylen, a poet and photographer, finds her images with her pen and lens in those unexpected, juxtaposed moments with her six grandchildren or while cycling around Bainbridge Island.
Sue served with the Bainbridge Island Park District office for 30 years as the Cultural Arts and Events Manager, organizing a variety of arts and cultural workshops and other community events for 30 years.
For more than 25 years, Sue participated in the Bainbridge Island Writers Workshop facilitated by Nancy Rekow, where she began to find her muse. Published in 2001, Sue’s first chapbook, “Double Exposure”, features 23 poems with 15 black and white photographs. In 2020 Sue published “Lines from My Notebooks,” a collection of 34 poems old and new. Her most recent work, “Unravelling My Life Lines,” is a full-length book of 66 poems, with new poems and favorites from her first two books.
Barbara Clark is a proud Washingtonian who has called the same corner of the Evergreen State home for 46 years, firmly rooted in her community. A retired mental health therapist, she has great curiosity for people and the natural world. A poet since the age of 9, she still likes being able to shape words into images and stories.
Diane Moser lives on the Kitsap Peninsula overlooking the beautiful Olympic Mountains where a lifetime of observation is reflected in her poetry.
She feels words can connect in a time when we need to hear and understand each other. She hopes you find a sense of connection and shared experience in her poetry.
Issue Page
Table of Contents, Issue #26, Winter 2024-25
By the Wind Sailor
By-the-wind Sailor by Andy Lamb, Winter 2024-25A beach strewn with by-the-wind sailors that have been blown ashore. photo by Rick Harboby Andy Lamb Winter 2024-25When asked to contribute something about marine life for the "In the Air" issue of the Salish Magazine, it...
Aerial Relationships
Red alder strobiles and catkins. photo by Sarah Ottinoby Sara Ottino Winter 2024-25“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” — Kahlil Gibran Plants and air have a complex relationship. Plants...
Eggs On a Journey
by Christina Jarvis Winter 2024-25 I heard about the theory that one way fish can spread to new bodies of water is when waterfowl eat fish eggs and then poop them out into new places. For example, this could be how a new alpine lake gets its fish. An ecology research...
Dance of the Fairy Moth
Dance of the Fairy Moth by Mary Johnson, Winter 2024-25Ocean spray fairy moth. photo by oxalismtp via iNaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)by Mary Johnson Winter 2024-25the discovery One morning while exploring the yard deep into May, I spot an insect no longer...
High-flying Lichens
High-flying Lichen: Three Aerial Traits That Increase Its Likability by Celeste Hankins, Winter 2024-25Snow on fruticose lichen. photo by John F. Williams by Celeste Hankins Winter 2024-25Look up! You can’t miss them. They drip from the trees, soft, pale gray-green,...
Listen to Wandering
by Meiwei Winter 2024-25Barn swallow looking for insects in a grassy field in Hansville. photo by John F. Williamsby Meiwei Winter 2024-25 Here's a song — you can read the words as you listen.WANDERING by Meiwei Where there’s a way there’s an aimless wandererWhere...
Windblown trees
by Paul Brians, Winter 2024-25Paul Brians is an active member of the Bainbridge Island Photo club. His daily walks usually take him into nearby Battle Point Park, where he recently shot numerous images of autumn color, including this brief video of trees near the duck...
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