Afternoon of July 3, 2023

 

hide-and-seek

my imaginary friend

always wins

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel

nest of wasps —

I go back to the house

where they threatened to kill me

~Maurizio Brancaleoni

raspberry parade a sea of lisps

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

masked at the ball fleas

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

I

I caught

I caught this

I caught this morning

I caught this 

I caught

~Noah Berlatsky

shadows—

what the sun remembers

~Sharon Ferrante

no man’s land

the sway of abandoned sunflowers

~Mona Bedi

sickest part

of the ocean in this can

. . . tuna

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Red, white and blue

With an emphasis on blue —

Supreme Court decisions

~Jennifer Gurney

too late

we saw the villages

moss forest

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel

 

Deadheading roses

Just a wee bit like

Midsomer Murders

~Jennifer Gurney

tickling my fancy mold spores

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

anger always seems to get a one-liner

~Sharon Ferrante