Afternoon of February 8, 2025

confessional

the poet marginalised

in ink

~Joanna Ashwell

Poetry Sale

meaning

two for one

~Noah Berlatsky

five o'clock shadow / uncle haiku is asleep / whiskers no difference

~Charles A. Perrone

provocat(eur)ive

thought provok(ateur)ing

~Jerome Berglund

bonbons a-go-go

morning after

a stray sequin languishes

on the tip of my tongue

~Heidi McIver/Kelly Sauvage Moyer

the BFG

facing the window

of fairytales

~Joanna Ashwell

component moon

the oral history

of mousetraps

~Jerome Berglund

absence of doubt

the poisoned chalice

we swallow with a yawn

~Robert Witmer

Narcissus

Stone white lilies

Too good for truth

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

turning off the news

sick of all the lies

I struggle to breathe

~Jennifer Gurney

a certain

sociopathy that

checks boxes

~Jerome Berglund

Two comrades

Reminds me

The frightened pariah-dog

That I am also fleeing.

~Partha Sarkar

dissolvable sutures

heart of stone

cupid aims

for my womb

~Terri L. French/Kelly Sauvage Moyer

ribbon

man's invention

of a butterfly

~Tejendra Sherchan

migrating birds so long since they learned how

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

a touch floating on a lazy lake

~Vijay Prasad

solar wind chimes cosmic karaoke

~John H. Dromey

he {{stereo}} types 75 words a minute

~Keith Snow

reminding us of unfinished business bookmarks

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

bedeviled eggs

breaking news

the chili butter

fears deportation

~Terri L. French/Kelly Sauvage Moyer

skating rink

slipping on something

more comfortable

~Jerome Berglund