Evening of April 17, 2025


 

the old man found the words to make her a poem

~Patrick Sweeney




Old man plays his violin

in a doorway of shade;

people down the street

turn their backs

but listen still.

~Diane Webster




The boat sinks

below

the surface

of the water

now reflective

after erasure.

~Diane Webster




getting adjusted again

to the weight

of the world

~Patrick Sweeney




in the chapel

we raise up our heads

to catch a glimpse

~RJ Humbl




The pier was built

so people could

walk on water

and still stay dry.

~Diane Webster




for all his subtextual acuity

he was dumbfounded to discover

he'd been in a French restaurant for hours

~Patrick Sweeney




Inauguration Day

a woman jumps

onto the tracks

~Ruth Holzer




fleeing his city

a man with a crutch

and a water bottle

~Ruth Holzer




listen, if you don't mind, I can't spend my vacation

talking about the position a cockroach holds

in the cosmic scheme of things

~Patrick Sweeney




ten milligrams away from melancholy this new life

~Ruth Holzer




play-acting my debut on google earth

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




he feels personally rejected if you say you don't like Jerry Lewis movies

~Patrick Sweeney




seven seas of microplastics colonizing Mars

~Ruth Holzer




before installing her eyes scan me for malware

~Vijay Prasad




legal jeopardy so many questions remain

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




he did everything he could with the turnips he was given

~Patrick Sweeney

 


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