Morning of September 4, 2025


 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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border crossing

an elephant stamps

my passport

~Colleen M. Farrelly




climate change

a flooded trunk

the elephant in the room

~Robert Witmer





Angles of Doubt


equilateral: a triangle with all angles equal to 60 degrees

symmetry

isosceles: a triangle with two congruent sides

the wandering eyes

obtuse: a triangle with an angle greater than 90 degrees

I pretend not to notice

~Colleen M. Farrelly




tinkling triangles

the Pythagorean orchestra

a roomful of squares

~Robert Witmer




twilight

falls into the pond

a last lotus blossom

on an unfinished poem

~Colleen M. Farrelly




bodies entwined

the last dance of the wasp

with the spider

~Melissa Dennison




the rhythm and clank

of magnets

I disappear through a wormhole

~Melissa Dennison




end of the season

the days are getting shorter

little by little

our shadows lengthen

before disappearing

 

fin de saison

les jours raccourcissent

petit à petit

nos ombres s’allongent

avant de s’estomper

 ~Marie Derley




Past and Future Writer’s Block

 

If future me had a time machine

I would come back to present me

and offer inspiration.

~Noah Berlatsky




another troubled summer sleepless flies

~Robert Witmer




heading north great white sharks

~Tejendra Sherchan




thought a staircase ending mid air

~Vijay Prasad




full of himselfie

~Robert Witmer




starlight all the gods of aliens

~Anne Fox

 



golden field -

the courage to be light

in a world turmoil

~Maria Cristina Pulvirenti




her sunglasses

blocking out the U-me

~Richard L. Matta




frozen account

a bitcoin bounces

at the bank

~Richard L. Matta




panning for gold

near the bank

the river of time

~Robert Witmer




thickly layered paint

war and peace

every time a bit different

~Maya Daneva




Ekphrastic


gnostic reading

my paintin' shoes

are canvas too

~dan smith




1980

in my best party dress

I change parties

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




church service

MAGA supporters

and opponents

pray to

the same God

~John J. Dunphy




birdsong…

the many names of god

decreasing daily

~Anne Fox




almost home

the ever-moving edge

of other

~Anne Fox



 

my life

a raindrop

on its way to a flood

~Robert Witmer

 

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