wOe

~Sarah Paris

 

Stars the rest is silent

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

surrounded but still unseen

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

reflecting lies 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

quantum dawning over the algorithm 

~Vishal Prabhu

 

controlling the narrative desert wind
 

~Vandana Parashar

with a mind of its own wildfire

~Vandana Parashar

 

transcending a problem artichoke 


~Stephen Toft

 

Rain wash my blues away

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

A thread worth pulling on

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fly speck biscuits of childhood 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Be my fancy fig newton 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

fan setting 

poetry form

haikool

~Keith Snow

One and a half entendres?

~Keith Snow

  

force of nature forces issue

~Nicholas De Marino

 

too particu(late)

~Reid Hepworth 

 

 

his farewell speech

quacking duck

~Albert Schlaht

 

thunder clap

the house

blinks

~Maxianne Berger

 

dearly bee-loved flowers

~John H. Dromey 

 

Ambidextrous:

both hands

be write

~Laelette Vanhook

 

 

fairy star within me

~Joanna Ashwell

 

 

 

twins in the suspect lineup

~Ravi Kiran 

 

the flavor

of regret

habanero

~Tré

 

IN

UN

(Out)

DATED

Story

~Keith Snow

 

alternate universe

no Oxford

comma

~Gordon Brown 

 

 

this poem isn't conceptual enough 

~ Elena Shakhnovsky

 

don’t 

want

to

do

list

~Noah Berlatsky

 

 

 

 

canceling yesterday today

~Kimberly Kuchar 

 

knowing she's overripe fruit flies

~Peter Jastermsky 

 

 

Zen garden

Planting

Empty ideas

~Anna Goluba

 

Tiramisu and impatient dreams

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

It’s about the cat

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Single step journey

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Dirty trick of nostalgia 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Days drifting on the page

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

vacuum 

never 

complains.

~Partha Sarkar

cognition-

a 

triangle.

~Partha Sarkar

 

uppotting 

tomato seedlings…

spring sun


~Joshua Gage

 

fireflies —

better than your fireworks.

~naomi olivia

 

waking to a crescent moon

~Raji Vijayaraghavan

vertical beams fading into sunrise

~Raji Vijayaraghavan 

 

this

and that

day moon

~Tom Bierovic

what

happens next

snow globe

~Tom Bierovic

 

mosquito bites connecting the dots

~thomas david

hedgerows of emptiness

~thomas david

 

extended stay discounted loneliness
 

~Tucker Poikonen

 

pothole astronomy
 

~Travis Park

 

buddha

both eyes 

closed

~M. R. Pelletier

 

alone   alongside my being

~Vijay Prasad

 

quid prosumer

~Jerome Berglund

 

the barber's poems were hair-brained

~dan smith 

 

crowned by the stars moonflower

~Rita R. Melissano

 

secrets grass whispers 

~John Hawkhead

 

themselves and proper primroses

~Edward Cody Huddleston

open cocoon

the moth

lingers

~Edward Cody Huddleston

 

dots of the frog disappearing

~Mark Gilbert

 

my typewriter

your

blunt instrument

~Mark Gilbert

 
nothing



between

~Noah Berlatsky

 

     firework-lit sky

America First banner

~Chen-ou Liu

 

custom fit Straitjacket of Hormuz

~Tim Cremin

Ministry of Truth Social

~Tim Cremin

Founding Fathers no kings


~Tim Cremin

 

first steps a pigeon’s indifference 

~John Pappas

 

Amidst the ruins I begin

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Watching my clothes drown

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

In decision can cost you

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

meow meow meow meow meow

~Mykyta Ryzhykh

 

(e m p) a (t) h (y)

~Peter Jastermsky

 

reflecting pool preparing your karma

~Peter Jastermsky

 

autumn tarot consulting fallen leaves

 ~Mark Valentine

 

cursive river signing my name

~Ron Scully 

 

lost in the mist opportunity

~Ian Willey

inside every cubist,  Cezanne!

~dan smith

nightshade flowers his toxic rants

~dan smith

 

trash truck leaving me behind

~Bryan Rickert 

 

prognosis buying in bulk again

~Jan Stretch

mosquito’s deadly mission buzzkill

~Jan Stretch

 

What if and why not?

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Broken glass where truth was

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Piano six octaves under

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

One last dysfunctional picnic 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Inside of earth shattering 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

 

The silent fish

are screaming

~Lynn White

 

in her voice a firefly

~Cezar Ciobîcă 

 

evening light footsteps of rain

~Robert Witmer

the campfire sputtering snow

~Robert Witmer

wondering why the last word

~Robert Witmer

 

daughter of the darkest moon.

~linda m. crate

the punishment is remembering. 

~linda m. crate 

 

drifting astronaut overlooking destroyed Earth

~Alper Ghuchlu

 

 

 

rearranging reality blue hummingbird wings 

~Kelly Sargent 

 

the devil's pickle sport: kimchiball    

~Richard Magahiz 

  

frogs marinating in cherry blossoms

~Stephanie Zepherelli

 

agony

agony

agony

agony

agony


~Mykyta Ryzhykh

 

American flag blue goes green


~Tim Cremin

Captain of the Titanic Ballroom


~Tim Cremin

settling with himself slush fund

~Tim Cremin

 

still believing in democrazy

~Ravi Kiran

 

Which end is over

~Keith Snow

 

Not meta

3

Metaphor!

~Keith Snow

 

rainbow-

ephemeral 

seven 

dreams 

~Partha Sarkar

 

headstone

footstone and everything

between

~Ed Bremson

 

unmatched socks same color

victorious 

~Keith Snow

 

fart of the deal

~John Hawkhead

 

chews wisely

~Nicholas De Marino

 

buzzards dancing on my dreams

~Jan Stretch 

 

World Wars

celebrating

The Fourth

~Anne Fox

 

life's a bitter pill bug

~Ian Willey

human resources diverted to AI

~Ian Willey

 

Floating the edge of nothing 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Deep thoughts circle overthinking 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Yelling through rented houses

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Red wine in coffee cups 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Every week a season

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

All types of crazy

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

each puddle

a new

winter

~Gareth Nurden 

 

Bashō 

he never mentions 

crabs

~Ed Bremson

 

seeing is bee leaving 

~Mary Oishi

ICE with cold feat 

~Mary Oishi

  

who said what ctrl+delete

~Vandana Parashar

  

audience 

watching myself 

watch myself 

~M. R. Pelletier

 

logos logos

~Jerome Berglund

 

cross-promotion high pollen count

~Jerome Berglund