We begin our 19th year with an international crop of daily poems that will take us deep into the dog days of summer here in the northern hemisphere. For this issue’s background image we share this other-worldly photo of the ArtScience Museum on the island city-state of Singapore. We think this strikingly spare architecture reflects the similar qualities for a successful small poem.
Congratulations to Carole MacRury and Ellen Grace Olinger who jump-start the issue with their winning poems inspired by Jay Sterling Austin’s “Marigny Vernacular.” Their poems are featured below.
Thanks to tinywords Assistant Editors Polona Oblak, Ruth Holzer and Brad Bennett for their thoughtful reading. Also to founding editor Dylan Tweney who continues to be an integral part of the tinywords editorial team.
Here is to another year of hope and love and thanks — all tiny words that inspire many of the fine poets that follow.
Enjoy.
Kathe L. Palka
Peter Newton
Editors, tinywords
from the house
with three red doors
. . . jazz riffs
~ Carole MacRury
Wisconsin winter
I add a few more colors
to a blog post
~ Ellen Grace Olinger
Congratulations!!!!!!!!! :-)
warmest regards,
Alan
Call of the Page
Boca Raton winter
the palm trees are going
coco-nuts ??
here
on Saint Patrick's Day
crocus points
Thanks to the tinywords editorial team for continuing to host such a great venue for short form poetry – and well done to Carole and Ellen, whose work always inspires!
dandelions
softening the corners
brick on brick
Beautiful, both!
coloring my world all the tunes I never learned
Truly enjoyed the work by Carole and Ellen!
Hudson River
both ways
to spring
Congratulations.
Well done Carole and Ellen.
Warmest wishes,
Jo
Congratulations to you both…..Carole's was one of my favourites!
Congratulations Carole and Ellen! I loved both of these.
early spring
the long wait for the wind
to quiet down
Wonderful work, dear Carole and Ellen! Yay!
door wreath of
pastel eggs
longing for deeper hues
Congratulations!
Thank you to the Editors and everyone here. I remember the early years and Dylan Tweney's vision for tinywords. And now your 19th year begins. Best wishes, Ellen
Carole
Such ajoy.
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Well done Ellen, too
.
Jan in Texas
Thanks all! A nice surprise while on vacation and especially happy to share it with Ellen. Lovely haiku Ellen! :-)
so many stars –
last year's roses
ready to bloom
Carole and Ellen's haiku, so rich yet effortless