Afternoon of October 7, 2025

 



naps are good but then

you wake up and you’re just

back where you started

~Noah Berlatsky




drone

not knowing where to land

sunflowers

~Gareth Nurden




last goodbye

the cold cutting

of the moon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello




Gradual End of Days


Fimbulwinter

on right.

Ragnarök

to left.

Both seek

the center.

~Chad Parenteau




caught

within my kundabuffer

bluebirds

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




guru worship

i wash down my meds

with a mantra

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




the tattered thread count of inner-linens

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




slow corruption the body of state

~John Hawkhead



 

downtrodden an unexploded word

~John Hawkhead




At night, trees ask each other

How to escape to freedom.

~Mykyta Ryzhykh




straying from the herd

my legs leap from the bed

as I fall asleep

~M. R. Pelletier




life lessons

I get better & better

at being no good

~M. R. Pelletier




election month

prisoners released

in large numbers

~Bipasha Majumder (De)




potatoes

sold at a high rate

politicians

~Bipasha Majumder (De)




illumination

what I don’t get

from watching T.V.

~Douglas J. Lanzo




budget debates

what used to precede

shutdowns

~Douglas J. Lanzo



 

politicians

explaining away votes

babbling brooks

~Douglas J. Lanzo




peace agreements –

the devil's plan

in the details

~Nicoletta Ignatti




virtual keyboard . . .

collecting my fingerprints

on the screen


~Oscar Luparia




feline paw the new vase ready for kintsugi


~Oscar Luparia

 

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