over
the hill
the growing list
of I-don’t-cares
~Joshua St. Claire
conflicting
deadlines
my boss asks me what I mean
by Kafkaesque
~Joshua St. Claire
poetry
pizza
~Mykyta Ryzhykh
haiku poet
in
the time it takes to be a river stone
~Patrick Sweeney
the novel
I’ll
never write
rain-glazed ibis
~Joshua St. Claire
240-million-year-old ammonite
in
her three-year-old hand
~Patrick Sweeney
he's focused now on the ripple effects of 1096
nobody's
going to want to get stuck sitting next to him at dinner
~Patrick Sweeney
popping
a beta blocker for another turn of the Earth
~Patrick Sweeney
announcing
he's not wearing the Santa hat this Christmas
~Patrick Sweeney
infinitesimal calculus
the
VP's budget
next year’s raises
~Joshua St. Claire
two-olive martini
she introduces me
as
artistic
~Joshua St. Claire
Cat
Why after all these years
have you declared war
on
the rug?
~Noah Berlatsky
wish list
flux capacitor
set
for before you left
~Jennifer Gurney
further down the road
hoping I won't need to remind myself
to
breathe
~Jennifer Gurney
future
such a painful concept
now
~Jennifer
Gurney
Dumb
No
thoughts or prayers
Can help save the naysayers
Say the
soothsayers
~Bruce Morton
doubt
maybe a hesitation
in
the knees
~M. R. Pelletier
pitted stone
out the front
of the dentist's
i place a hand
against the stone facade
think about my teeth
think about the pitted stone
then walk off
looking for a glass
of
wine
~Michael Buckingham Gray
runoff flow
the slow burn
of
urban broth
~Peter Jastermsky
road construction
an upscale boutique
held
hostage
~Peter Jastermsky
imposter syndrome
arriving at work in a
hot
dog costume
~John Pappas
death
poem putting the I in archive
~John Pappas
school drop-off
a mother and son duck
under
police tape
~John Pappas
I’ll be happy
When I find someone to
To
watch tv with
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
There is a fine line
Between independence and loneliness
Find
your village
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
If You Believe
That misery loves company
just knock on the door
and watch all the lights
go
out
~Gloria Parker
Keep in Mind
Only the rats that
desert the sinking ship
live
to tell the tale.
~Gloria Parker
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