Morning of September 30, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

zero sum mindset the schism chasm between

~words & image Debbie Strange

winter light pillars making the most of insomnia


~Debbie Strange

 

fortune teller there will be (s)crying in my future


~Debbie Strange

 

from a torn equation ecstasy drips

~Vijay Prasad

Rebuke to Apolloniare

Maybe your life is a venereal disease,

but the love of a dog is pure.

~Noah Berlatsky

your lips say “Karen”

but I can hear the dog whistle

~Nicholas De Marino

fractional inspiration


(never)         mind

(doesn't)       matter


~Nicholas De Marino

 

You can't keep blaming

the time-traveling mongoose ghost.


~Nicholas De Marino

the three uses of the butter knife

1. Spread room-temp dairy product, so you can tell which side goes up.

2. Saw through sourdough, so someone asks about your trip to Europe.

3. Threaten the baker who lied about the freshness.

~Nicholas De Marino

fall nightmare

I walk the green mile

back to school

~Helen Buckingham

 

bar happy hour

even the restroom's toilet paper

unwinding

~John J. Dunphy

under the old jalopy

gnarled pumpkin vines

grow

~Joan C. Fingon

mooncakes

one piece of the rabbit

left to share

~Joanna Ashwell

wishbones

fearing the snap

of disappointment

~Joanna Ashwell

rising humidity

I call a guy over

to kill the cockroach

~Violet Avery Hall

zoom class

a fly keeps landing

on the girl that hates me

~Violet Avery Hall

I had writer’s block.

Then I decided

this poem was good enough.

~Noah Berlatsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lpt

~Jaey Price

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