why the long face year of
the horse
~thomas david
used guitar
no strings
attached
~thomas david
abandoned house
my childhood memories
foreclosed
~thomas david
Crooked River Thoughts at Night
prints and paintings
cannot capture the moonlight
on
the once burning river
~dan smith
deep winter
in the middle of the end
a
beginning
~John Pappas
once you learn lightning can come
from
the ground you're standing on
~Patrick Sweeney
the maintenance crew admitted
to having a distorted view
of
confetti for tyrants
~Patrick Sweeney
encased in two-inch glass
the
silence of the eagle-bone whistle
~Patrick Sweeney
the
librarians who haven't received letters of reprimand
~Patrick Sweeney
when they gave away her kittens
Alfie
waited by the back of the refrigerator for weeks
~Patrick Sweeney
he felt like a wide-eyed extra
running
for his life in a monster movie
~Patrick Sweeney
even the land of make-believe
has
its agonies
~Patrick Sweeney
rainy days
noxious weeds thriving
in
my head
~Mohua Maulik
migraine
a washing machine churning
my
insides
~Mohua Maulik
reunion—
that old smile framed
by
chemo curls
~Mohua Maulik
blazing sun
holding the world to ransom
one
person
~Mohua Maulik
the lace pattern
fails expert scrutiny
my struggle
to balance holding on
with
letting go
~Mohua Maulik
homeless man
bathed
shaved
dressed in clean clothes
for
his funeral
~John J. Dunphy
quantum physics class
my final grade
keeps
changing
~John J. Dunphy
drought
an anthill beneath
our
downspout
~John J. Dunphy
Game on
plays chess no man's land alone between
one
for all and all for one- a fake generosity.
~Partha Sarkar
whose
dream the float of a cellophane butterfly
~John Pappas
fireworks on January 3rd
leftovers or
the
shortest year in history?
~Oliver Kleyer
