Morning of April 16, 2025

 


The Ideal Mitten


I would rather much be

in the middle of

a greater in

the middle of

with a prescription and

a lozenge and

a very good dog


~Noah Berlatsky




Sally the pet snail


From orange to orange leaf

Takes about a week

From leaf to orange

About a month

Snail trail

In a bowl

Choreography


~Olinda Ninolakis




no place for birds anywhere


~Mykyta Ryzhykh




already tomorrow's name of monkeypox

~petro c. k.




Making contact with aliens, trying to throw a space-themed party. No response. Yet.


~Martina Matijević




a cyst only sound of the storm


~petro c. k.




stepping in footsteps following every day of the moon

~petro c. k.




the old pond

filled in

with concrete

~Melissa Dennison




Moths circle

'round the flame

itchy pallbearer stands still


~Laila Brahmbhatt



highway

devouring rocky mountains

a giant serpent


~Tejendra Sherchan




Small coffins are too heavy to carry


'Small coffins are too heavy to carry,'

Whispers make the air heavier.


~Partha Sarkar




conversing boulders

our children build

human cities


~Tejendra Sherchan




the curve

where the accident occurred

wildflowers


~Joseph P. Wechselberger



three point

one four one five nine

etcetera


~Jennifer Gurney



hospice

the dying woman's hair

dyed


~John J. Dunphy




election night

scurrying around campaign central

cockroaches


~Joseph P. Wechselberger




this poem has an existential crisis so it has no meaning


~Martina Matijević




my grocery list a failed haiku


~Barbara Anna Gaiardoni




war as a kigo for spring 2025 in a standard haikuist's dictionary


~Martina Matijević 

 

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