Afternoon of October 29, 2025

 


Work Shirt

~dan smith




daylight savings not FDIC insured may lose value

~Cynthia Anderson




dry bones a tumbleweed at the door


~Cynthia Anderson




proving I’m not a bot to a bot


~Mark Gilbert




an insistent pleading just to see what is already plain to see


~Mark Gilbert




the crackle of needle stuck in the groove


~Mark Gilbert




raid

man strikes

an ICE agent

with his

white cane


~John J. Dunphy




back to standard time

to reschedule the rooster

and even the sheep


~Oscar Luparia




electrical blackout

not a big deal

at the Halloween party


~Oscar Luparia




pumpkin yarn

the eyes aglow

with mischief

~Joanna Ashwell




this urge

to call you again . . .

thawing water pipes

~Gordon Gearhart




passing through

the shrunken head exhibit

dead snapdragons


~Gordon Gearhart




barren shelves

at the food pantry

hunger moon

~Gordon Gearhart




this reluctance to be photographed on the cell phone Luna

~Pegah Rahmati Nezhad




a suffering rooted in innocence OCD

~Pegah Rahmati Nezhad




another year without you november rain


~Mona Bedi




drops of rain on bent wires this grief


~Mona Bedi




there will be

goodbyes to you

the rest of my life


~Jennifer Gurney




more pieces of the puzzle

missing every day

mom’s dementia


~Belinda Behne




across the world

a sign of respect

frogs

~Jennifer Gurney




scratched and bleeding


~dan smith


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