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• #10 Tether to the Wild by Jacquelin Konis
  Adam Schultz • JG Art Gallery + Events
• An Autumn Walk by Carolyn Wiley
  Diane Hutchings • BI Photography Club
• Anchor by Meg Kaczyk
  Susan Berry • Northwind Art
• Autumn Morning by David Iglehart
  Valorie Smith • Ebb-Tide
• Awakening by Leslayann Schecterson
  Bob Rosenbladt • BI Photography Club
• Behind the Broken Clock Face by Rebecca Holbrook
  Bob Rosenbladt • BI Photography Club
• Better Living Through Coffee by Dianne Knox
  Rebecca Lynn Parker • Front Street
• Black Horse by Matt Butler
  Andrea Mercado • Northwind Art
• Bloated by Jeffrey Greb
  Gail Heymann • Ebb-Tide
• Chameleon by Linda Myers
  Cindy McGregor • BI Photography Club
• Changes by Cat Halvorson
  Debra Yoshimura • Northwind Art
• Clouds Don't Lie by Carol Despeaux
  Susan E. Walker • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Compass by Sharon Ostenson
  Jennifer Appleby • Ebb-Tide
• Compass by Sharon Ostenson
  Alan Newberg • Collective Visions
• Compass by Sharon Ostenson
  Denise Duong • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Dance to Heal the Earth by NanLeah
  Cory Bushore • Rimbert Illustration
• Dark with a Chance of Salt Water by Dianne Knox
  Michael Griffin • Ebb-Tide
• David Iglehart (poem title TBD)
  Virginia Causey • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Desiccation and Delight by Bill Mawhinney
  Leanne Milligan • Flywheel
• Doesn't Hide in the Sky by Nancy Taylor
  Elizabeth VanDuine • Front Street
• Entertainers by Teresa Gauthier
  Cynthia Toops • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Fairy Tails by Eve Epstein
  Kathy Johnson • Ebb-Tide
• Fairy Tails by Eve Epstein
  Pamela Roebuck • Flywheel
• Falling Leaves by Rick Gardner
  Sharon Duffy • Flywheel
• Felis Catus by Marcia Millican
  Erica Nordean • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Filaments of Light by Marty Steyer
  Marilyn Bergstrom • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Fish by Brenda Hodges-Howell
  Terri Tyler • Northwind Art
• Forest Garden by Jacquelin Konis
  Pamela Wachtler • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Haiku I by Stephen Ullom
  Angela Howard • Northwind Art
• Haiku III by Stephen Ullom
  John Abromowski • Front Street
• Halcyon Days by Eliza Evans
  Rose Guastella • Collective Visions
• Hanging Moon by Rebecca Holbrook
  Kate Vikstrom • Collective Visions
• Haute Couture by Tia Hudson
  Cezanne Alexander • Northwind Art
• Here's Why it's Not Easy to Leave You by Lilou Saunders
  Anne Kirsten Fjeld • Flywheel
• Heron Tai Chi by Dawn Hanson Smart
  Melissa McCanna • Front Street
• Heron Tai Chi by Dawn Hanson Smart
  Charlotte Cumming • Flywheel
• Himalayan Sweetness by Leslayann Schecterson
  Pat Denney • Flywheel
• In the Company of Crows by Marcia Millican
  John Stege • Collective Visions
• In the Company of Crows by Marcia Millican
  Tim McMeans • JG Art Gallery + Events
• In-sense by Frank Wurden
  Dorothy Rosenbladt • BI Photography Club
• Journal Cento II by Meg Kaczyk
  Anita Albala • Front Street
• Kids & Rain by Jacquelin Konis
  Sue Ingersoll • Flywheel
• Last Things by David Stallings
  Sue Digby • Collective Visions Gallery
• Let's Meet Somewhere Outside Time and Space by Meg Kaczyk
  Vivian Chesterley • Front Street
• Lifting the Blinds on a Winter Morning by Alan Chessman
  Sara Bantle • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Love Carried on the Wind by Joy Sprague
  Ginger Feldman • Flywheel
• Love Carried on the Wind by Joy Sprague
  Dale Larson • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Madrona by Sharon Ostenson
  Jan Morris • Flywheel
• Memory Keeper by Dia Wilder
  Robin Avni • Ebb-Tide
• Monarch by Sharon Ostenson
  Dawn Bockus • BI Photography Club
• Monet Painted Quickly to Capture Light by Nancy Taylor
  Elizabeth VanDuine • Front Street
• Morning View by Diane Walker
  John Adams • Front Street
• Muse by Katherine Gonzalez
  Nancy Gannon • Flywheel
• My Grandfather's Clock by Alan Chessman
  Rob Wagoner • BI Photography Club
• Mystic Forest by Will Longman
  Lynn Horton • Collective Visions
• Mystic Forest by Will Longman
  Susan E. Wheeler • Ebb-Tide
• Night Calls by Sam Rogers
  Diane Walker • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Ode to Bloedel's Japanese Guesthouse by Debra Ames
  Cindy McGregor • BI Photography Club
• Ode to Mick and the Boys by Elaine Kennicott
  Hank Church • Ebb-Tide
• Ode to the Barn Owl by Amba Gale
  Jan Hurd • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Palette by Barbara Clark
  Kimberly Morris • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Perhaps I Am the Sort of Girl by Kristen Hotchkiss
  Cindy McGregor • BI Photography Club
• Puzzle Pieces by Marcia Millican
  Rob Wagoner • BI Photography Club
• Reaching for the Clouds by Diane Walker
  Ken Van Der Does • Collective Visions
• Reaching for the Clouds by Diane Walker
  Richard Mancuso • BI Photography Club
• Reaching for the Clouds by Diane Walker
  Parvin • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Red by Merilee Nyland
  Jaime Duyck • Northwind Art
• Red Huckleberry by Carolyn Maddux
  Jan Morris • Flywheel
• Red Mini Roadster by Tia Hudson
  Frank Carsey • Collective Visions
• Red Mini Roadster by Tia Hudson
  Lynette Hensley • Flywheel
• Reflecting on The Future by Amba Gale
  Diana Dauble • Northwind Art
• Savior by Jenny Sinanan
  Chelsea Quesada • Front Street
• Savior by Jenny Sinanan
  Alicia Harvey • Rimbert Illustration
• Seaweed Island by Joy Sprague
  Karinna Olsen • Ebb-Tide
• Sonnet 1 by Matt Butler
  Lorri Acott • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Star Blizzard by Judith Duncan
  Merilee Nyland • Northwind Art
• Stone from the River: Wynoochee by Carolyn Maddux
  Dennis Moore • Ebb-Tide
• Stone from the River: Wynoochee by Carolyn Maddux
  Karen Pentony • Flywheel
• Striped Fields: A Memory by Diane Walker
  Bob Rosenbladt • BI Photography Club
• Sunrise in the Northwest by Teresa Gauthier
  Diane Hutchings • BI Photography Club
• Swainson's Thrush by Brandon Miller
  Melody Maleitzke • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Swainson's Thrush by Brandon Miller
  Brian Fisher • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Tether to the Wild by Jacquelin Konis
  Donna Letterese • Rimbert Illustration
• The Glistening by Zac Garripoli
  Meghan Peterson • Northwind Art
• The Glistening by Zac Garripoli
  Amy Ferron • JG Art Gallery + Events
• The One Crow by Larry Guidici
  Duane de Lessart • Collective Visions
• The One Crow by Larry Guidici
  Lori H. Barrett • Front Street
• The Reading Room by Rebecca Holbrook
  Paul Brians • BI Photography Club
• The Reading Room by Rebecca Holbrook
  Alicia Harvey • Rimbert Illustration
• The Sun by Vera Cromrich
  Yerusalem Guterson • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• The Void by Dawn Hanson Smart
  Amy King • Northwind Art
• The Western Red Cedar by Debra Ames
  Hadley Chamberlain • BI Photography Club
• TIME LINES (the ancestors) by Frank Wurden
  Steven Powell Smith • Collective Visions
• Topography by EmilyJane Mockett
  Andrew Nuth • Collective Visions
• Tortoise by Dia Wilder
  Steve Hannuksela • BI Photography Club
• Travel Plans by Bruno Rescigna
  Wendy Beeghley • Ebb-Tide
• Untitled by Carol Despeaux
  Kimberly Morris • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Upstream by Rebecca Lacko
  Kathy Thurston • Ebb-Tide
• Upstream by Rebecca Lacko
  Pamela Wachtler • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Upstream by Rebecca Lacko
  Claudia Ann Wild • Front Street
• Van Gogh Morning by Sheila Bender
  Robin Guterson • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
• Van Gogh Morning by Sheila Bender
  Patricia Dalesandro • JG Art Gallery + Events
• Wake Up Sunrise by Amba Gale
  Melissa McCanna • Front Street
• Wishes Fly Away by Rose Guastela
  Diane Walker • Bainbridge Arts & Crafts

104 poems claimed • Last updated: March 13, 2026

You may notice a small number of poems claimed by more than one artist at different galleries. Ars Poetica is a community event, and just as in all art, grace must be found for those who need it. Rather than rule with a tight fist, we choose kindness. That, after all, is exactly what poetry is supposed to do.