Morning of January 2, 2025


inner octopus

just inked

me out

~Lys Browne




New Year's Day

I wake up facing

my TV

~John J. Dunphy




evening walk

letting go

of the prognosis

~Padma Rajeswari Tata




A hospital like nightqueen


Gets injured milky air by busy drilling.

No green janitor at the playground.

Pants Room No. 3 of the lungs.

Yet is fearless the lamb.


Yonder a hospital like nightqueen

With a nominal green ticket.

~Partha Sarkar




between yes and no she smiles creases

~Vijay Prasad




cloud peaks imposter syndrome

~Joshua St. Claire




strangling the willow tree devil's hair

~Tejendra Sherchan




magnetic monopoles

Wood’s cycad

in cone again

~Joshua St. Claire



winter night garden

where plants and dreams

hibernate

~Jennifer Gurney




prevailing winds

an editor and I exchange

form letters

~Joshua St. Claire




Thank You



A meaningless

 

after-mumble,

 

word chunks


crumble like


feta pieces


falling out


of your mouth.

~Keith Snow




winter night

all my dreams

frozen in place

~Jennifer Gurney




amazing

how a life can change

one email

~Jennifer Gurney




ANOTHER YEAR


Another year of hesitant steps

taken down winding paths to

hazy landscapes, shadowy vistas

colored in grays and darkened mists,

brushed by breezes of indecision,

forced broken strides forward

into an uncertain future.

~Ruth Van Alstine




December 31

suddenly my lap cat's purring

spans two years

~John J. Dunphy




half moon

the cat catching the mouse

I poisoned

~Joshua St. Claire




my cat

heavy on my feet

grounding me

~Jennifer Gurney

 

 

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