Afternoon of June 3, 2024




The Seductress

~Kelly Moyer

Photography available here

 

 

 

 

 

 



 




 

separating the river's twin spiriting a boat to drown in

~petro c. k.




innocent antarctic parallel pines

~J. D. Nelson




no possums in the propeller

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




never nevering

~petro c. k.




there once was a twice

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




could be risky hundreds & thousands

~J. D. Nelson



looking to blame Prometheus done with us

~petro c. k.




checkered bovine weirdly impoverished

~J. D. Nelson




digging in the snow

on Burns Night

a handsome skunk

~Janet Ruth Heller




“…not this poem, not this space…”

sweet spot, sucker-punched

solar plexus, took a direct hit

domain of negativity, engaged

like a match to dry hay, papers scorched

recall a poetic colloquialism

writer’s glass chin

~Suzanne S. Austin-Hill




power company

razes lilacs, wild peas—

war zone

~Janet Ruth Heller




antique chamber pot

elevated on a shelf

after all the shit

~Kimberly Kuchar




left in the dust

3-D coral reefers

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




high school stadium

a track hurdle jumped

by a deer

~John J. Dunphy




London wall

two men peeing

across time

~Kimberly Kuchar




behind the singing boys

guitar cover’s dreamcatcher

sways in the wind

~Tejendra Sherchan




my "happy father's day, dad"

drowned out by

the cemetery's lawnmower

~John J. Dunphy




birds

without beaks

ask for a drink

~Mykyta Ryzhykh


(Originally published in Password)




neither here nor there

meet me in Rumi's field

Somewhere Else

~Olinda Ninolakis




bone grates on bone

pain…movement slows

mobility aid

~JL Huffman




I used to feed

a stray cat and her kittens—

now I feed her alone

~Tejendra Sherchan




used furniture store

test-sitting a sofa

I rise with fleas

~John J. Dunphy


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