Morning of May 8, 2024


tornadoes in a rain forest

hurricanes in a desert

murky muki

~dan smith




this isa

sorta true poem

about art where

it comes from

what it's for


nothing

i can answer

in under two decades

apparent

ly

~Scott F. Parker




Children's Games

             

            Vanilla or Chocolate?

            Chocolate or Strawberryy?

            I don't want any of these.

            I want Caramel which is never offered.


            It's been a life-long habit--

            always wanting to reframe

            the problem, the issues, the choices,

            whatever.................

~Karen Klein




   o u 

s        p

in      us 

     it

~dan smith




hard-won fortune

pissing against the pub wall

an errant heir

~Mike Gallagher




Poe, a tree!



There! Look!

Behind you!

To the left and to the right!

Ahead and above!

Inward and beyond!

~Scott F. Parker




cemetery wind

a lifetime of wishes

blown away

~Mona Bedi




The early bird

gets the senior spaghetti special

at Luigi’s, 4 PM sharp.

~Nolcha Fox




lying here

wondering whether

it's the outer thigh

looking up

or the inner thigh

looking down

I'm feeling

it really doesn't matter

now that we've reached

a certain age

~Mike Gallagher




dancer pigeonholed

as too old

bitter lemons

~Karen Klein




it's raining

in the poem

about rain

and the

one

about that

too

~Scott F. Parker




northbound geese

a neon open sign

flickers

~Mariel Herbert




first to flip the switch / next to absorb the colors / neon light special

~Charles A. Perrone




all those languages we do not know for a start birdsong

~Mike Gallagher




past the life we led before we led our lives

~Mona Bedi




Dusk falls, new moonlight, stars, planets and hope arise.

~Keith Snow




note from the mass grave

thankfully

we were not the killers

~Mike Fainzilber

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