Afternoon of December 31, 2023

monarch this too shall pass

~Kerry J Heckman

I used to look forward to the new year.

~Noah Berlatsky

crows gather for a murder could it be yours

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

like the chipped figurine a little broken

~Kerry J Heckman

firing up his ash bucket list

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

maybe it’s a sign…

the ladybug’s

seven spots

~Kerry J Heckman

the bard warned us

about the trickery

of such fellows

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

my inner sky

mostly sunny or

partly cloudy

~Kerry J Heckman

anniversary

he tells me he hates

my meatloaf

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Twelfth Night kings' cake

I bite into

the baby Jesus

~John J. Dunphy

company

for Christmas

stray cats

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

prison math

 

i was 17

& you were 28

~Tiffany Elise