Afternoon of August 21, 2025



 

our table of elements

expanded by three after

alien contact

~John J. Dunphy




jailbroke liberty // bite of the golden apple

~Nicholas De Marino




the last breath inflates  cathedral of my ribs

~Vijay Prasad




even though war clouds day lilies

~Arvinder Kaur




a version of me in sepia class of seventy

~Arvinder Kaur




wet face sweeping dead ants before breakfast

~Bernadette O' Reilly




we lean into each other Pisa photo

~Arvinder Kaur




there are no easy answers

if you keep asking questions like that

~Nicholas De Marino




Don't

     look,

          but

     a

poem

     just

          slithered

     across

your

     mind.

~Nicholas De Marino




hop scotch

tripping on shadows

between the lines

~Elliot Diamond




rogue orbit

unable to find

my North Star

~Stephanie Zepherelli




slowing down

i enter the flow

of cursive

~Stephanie Zepherelli




soaked battlefield

the only witness

a blood moon

~Stephanie Zepherelli




heavy footsteps

dragging yesterday

into tomorrow

~Stephanie Zepherelli




flamingoes

the way I shift

thoughts in shoes

~Richard L. Matta




sharing the ride

with the cabbie's lunch

heavy rain

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

 

 

 

failure to thrive ...

the movement and glow of lights

ten floors below

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

 

 


catching sun

around the pool

descendants of reptiles

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

 

 


my shadow

interacts with another's

fitting rooms

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

 

 


market's law

when supply is scarce

kidney in demand

~Tejendra Sherchan




Give Me A Break!


at 71

am I really expected

to call a Catholic priest

who is young enough

to be my grandson

"father"?

~John J. Dunphy




racing against the clock

dumpster diver hears

the garbage truck

~John J. Dunphy

 


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