Evening of December 15, 2025


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conspiracy theories . . .

spi (c) es

in the corner cabinet


~Barrie Levine




aurora … your ephemeral moods

~Wanda Amos




now was before

~Mykyta Ryzhykh




I am weary

all this

alone time


~Jennifer Gurney




prison poet

his best work composed

in solitary

~John J. Dunphy




little white lies

the pigeon in my story

changed to a dove

~Jackie Chou




lost tooth

rebelieving in fairies

in middle age

~Jackie Chou




flapping away

with my daydream

from above

the shadow of a raven

as black as its croak

~Jackie Chou




onions

the way he slices

my heart


~Mohua Maulik




I'm glad you have stories not to tell,

someone something to protect,

a relationship you can build.

Away from the shadows

full of hope

to find

pure

joy.

~Keith Snow




Horror Story


I am

just sitting here

when the clutter

comes back

~Noah Berlatsky




& if lakes formed when angels cried,

      the world is sure to drown —


for her eyes were pointed towards the sky,

      & yet she still looked down.

~naomi olivia




Now I Get It


When I ask

what does it mean...

this poem in The New Yorker,

he says, It's postmodern


and when I ask what does

postmodern mean, he says that

a poem doesn't have to mean,

it just has to be.

~Gloria Parker




Stirring the rice pot

Calming routine

~Sarah Mahina Calvello




university class

final exam interrupted

by gunshots

~John J. Dunphy



 

keening sirens

and a ten-year stretch

of insomnia

~Patrick Sweeney




no thought for the superficial cephalic

in the placement of his magpie tattoo

~Patrick Sweeney




she wants him to say it in his head

and leave it there

~Patrick Sweeney




sixty-three years later,

silverfish under the white wicker hamper

~Patrick Sweeney




gathering dust

in the corner

her self esteem

~Wanda Amos




night table

a haiku written

in its dust

~John J. Dunphy




a December day

I experience

its abrupt end

 

~Tejendra Sherchan

 

 

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