Afternoon of December 21, 2025

 


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~Nicholas De Marino




a dollar for

Pavlov's

Salivation Army

~Richard Magahiz




Nietzsche's mustache

advising me

off the record

~Richard Magahiz




night shift ...

beavers sharpening

pencils

~Elliot Diamond




a square pillow pegged to round dream

~Elliot Diamond




naked light

in bed all day

with no remorse

~Ash Evan Lippert




shameless sleep

the days pile up

like unwashed laundry

~Ash Evan Lippert




evening prayer

a mosquito checks

my resolve

~Neena Singh




Das Kaputal


byte the bullet

and take the coin

out of the bit

~dan smith




calories—

the gift that keeps giving

that elastic stretch

~Patricia Carragon




out of order

but plenty of broke

to go around           n


~Nicholas De Marino



Was I flung here

or did I leap?


~Nicholas De Marino




spade and bucket swing

Kafka paces the beach

no building permit


~Nicholas De Marino





“Maybe you should try

getting better at this.”

— my daughter, 11

~Nicholas De Marino




the stink bugs are all moved in

~Patrick Sweeney




it's either I rearrange the furniture

or slit my throat

~Patrick Sweeney




she was trying to tell me

I couldn't count what happens to fictional characters

as part of my destiny

~Patrick Sweeney




lake effect

behind my brother's

lonely eyes

~Patrick Sweeney




practicing a form without ascendant progress,

a thousand-legger's turn for new shoes

~Patrick Sweeney




fleeing in their corporate lab coats

with one

hypothesis

~Patrick Sweeney

 


 


Afternoon of December 17, 2025

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

Rolled

 


 

Christmas list

again she asks

for the moon

~Anne Fox




Survival


year-to-year lease

month-to-month phone

week-to-week groceries

day-to-day life

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

 



high heels the sensation of standing


~Maya Daneva

 

 


broken bagpipe the struggle to breathe

~Maya Daneva




old cello the sounds of a new moon


~John Pappas




moth light the half-life of certainty

~John Pappas




winter break

frozen in a puddle

a math worksheet

~John Pappas




water cooler talk —

on monday morning

the weekend killings

~John Pappas




deep freeze

the chatbot suggests

suicide

~John Pappas




In and out

Lulling of the waves

Tomorrow’s echo

~Sarah Mahina Calvello





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Berried

 

Afternoon of December 16, 2025



Climate refugees

put climate of hate

behind them.


~Jeffrey Taylor




treading water

our bed the liferaft

we float away on

~John Hawkhead




denominations

saint nick’s only allegiance

to the almighty dollar

~Jerome Berglund




roman umpire

~Jerome Berglund




deciduous

we've all gotten

repulsive

~Jerome Berglund




Where?


Where should we keep faith on the statesmen without fear?

In the coffin.


~Partha Sarkar




holiday parade

canceled

fears of ice


~Kimberly Kuchar




first snow melt

I slowly reveal my

new pronouns

~Colleen M. Farrelly




Dreams in circles

Running around the moon

Curving impulses

~Sarah Mahina Calvello




It’s just time

Spiral within spiral

Thoughts with no end


~Sarah Mahina Calvello



Order Rice and Beans by Jerome Berglund (at cost)