A bee alighted
Fiercely exchanging pollen;
On petal flower
- Judith Horsley
Monarch fly and float
Life giving milkweed provides
Food, growth, existence!
- Judith Horsley
Moon Desires the Sun
Always rushed by night's despair;
Fears being held there.
- Judith Horsley
Taking the Metra
Window watching at nature
Eastbound to city
- Steve Leuer
Everyone is home
Quarantined togetherness
Peace, quiet, needed
- Steve Leuer
The lake is calming
Gentle waves against sea wall
Rippling waves of peace
- Steve Leuer
America free
To speak, to have faith, to vote
Democracy now
- Steven Durso
I walk in the woods
Listening to birds singing
Nature is peaceful
- Steven Durso
The red-tailed hawk soars
Keen-eyed and stealth-like hunters
Small rodents, watch out!
- Steven Durso
Monarch Butterflies
Land on Milkweed to lay eggs
Metamorphosis
- Anna Leuer
Peace is within us
Accepting our differences
Every life matters
- Anna Leuer
Coyotes near us
Help maintain ecosystems
Trying to survive
- Anna Leuer
You took my spring
a way I'll never forget
all I want fall back
- Anni Holm
A silent moment
we come together to kneel
ALL black lives matter
- Anni Holm
Envision a life
So radically transformed
by outpouring love
- Anni Holm
Face behind cloth mask
Are you friend, neighbor, stranger?
I smaile with my eyes
- Becky Hall
First spring, now summer
We learn new ways of living
Apart -- together
- Becky Hall
A forbidden fruit
Conversation with others
Fills my cup with joy
- Becky Hall
Social distancing
A key to West Chicago
Practice and enjoy
- Anonymous
Gardens planted new
Neighbors reseed connections
Springing buds of hope
- Stephanie Ross
Laughter's joyous bells
Herald summer's hopeful cry
Recover! Rejoice!
- Stephanie Ross
hot sunshine rises
over plumed flowers of us
meeting in our town
- Margaret Beaird
friending in light space
the trees whisper softly on
when will we hear them?
- Margaret Beaird
our party begins
outside in the cricket air --
mariachi sounds
- Margaret Beaird
A haiku contains
Seventeen syllables please
Never less nor more
- Buddy Plumlee
Public restrooms smell
Like disinfectant and soap
After good cleaning
- Buddy Plumlee
Love, respect, be kind
A formula for healing
uniting us all
- Buddy Plumlee
Spring! Spring! I love spring!
Flowers! Rain! No stinging Bees!
Spring! Spring! I love spring!
- Lorelai Genevieve Marr
Beaches are pretty!
Seashells! Sand castles! Ocean!
Beaches are pretty!
- Lorelai Genevieve Marr
Books, Movies, Outside!
Things to do in quarantine!
Games with family!
- Lorelai Genevieve Marr
The oak tree is strong
And yet it is very weak
unless roots are good
- Marjorie Gustafson
Like a butterfly
The pages of my novel
Flutter in the wind
- Marjorie Gustafson
Don't have to be a
Pioneer to go to park
But you will have fun
- Marjorie Gustafson
La marisposa
Volando libre
El dolor de cambiar
Vale la pena
- Amie Correa
Social Distancing
Always stay 6 feet apart
Goodbye Pandemic
- K. Mason
A precious life lost
Your death will not be in vain
Rest in Peace George Floyd
- K. Mason
COVID Pandemic
The world was at a standstill
Social Distancing
- K. Mason
A city of strength
A community of hope
West Chicago, shines
- Salmeen Amir
This city of love
Beautiful people around
West Chicago, shines
- Salmeen Amir
Here for each other
Find the embrace in our hearts
Forward together!
- Heidi Kuharich
The seed is waiting
Possibilities unknown
Miracles in bloom
- Heidi Kuharich
For flowers to grow
They must endure the spring storms
By finding their roots
- Ricky Plumlee
Beware old peaches
For beneath their sweet ripe flesh
Lies a bitter core
- Ricky Plumlee
Black Crow, Coyote
Bald Eagle, and White Bison
Roam America
- Ricky Plumlee
My life became bright
The sun was my only light
Dazzling through the night
- Sarah Plumlee
Life is a mountain
The journey leads to the peak
The peak is the end
- Benjie Plumlee
The Junction was first
Then Turner to pay respect
Now known as WeGo
- Sarah Phalen
Prince Crossing the farm
Mushrooms grew workers toiled
Families found home
- Sarah Phalen
