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

 

revenge—demon killers becoming demons

~Alper Ghuchlu 

 

 

astral plane love objects 

~Scott C. Holstad

hypersonic shivering shake-pop 

~Scott C. Holstad 

 

two words

~Noah Berlatsky

 

daybreaking and entering

~thomas david

cuckoo clocking in clocking out

~thomas david

  

night data                           falling stars


~Joanna Ashwell

 

biometrics unwinding my DNA

~Vaishnavi Ramaswamy 

  

carving up the s(p)oils Gaza.

~Grace Mckie

 

orwellian mugshot unscripted dry heaves

~Melanie Alberts

drag strip: white nationalist teleprompter

~Melanie Alberts

second banana takes the fifth

~Melanie Alberts

 

dusk pond—

just the eyes

~Elliot Diamond 

 

fight ring

no wing

~Marjorie Pezzoli 

delusional grandeur 

~Marjorie Pezzoli

 

TARANTULA !!!   

~Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky