Afternoon of January 2, 2026

 

Open for submissions again: Horror Senryu Journal

https://horrorkujournal.blogspot.com/



Send your short poems: Password

https://veryshortpoetry.com/submissions/




you tell me

your poems have

no titles”

i nod my head

and say,

neither does

my life.”


~Tom Blessing




lunar city

green domes

in a barren plain


~David C. Kopaska-Merkel




even when dreaming

he had no butterfly-gene expression


~Patrick Sweeney




Two Ton Tony Galento

always got to say his name twice


~Patrick Sweeney




The best things in life are free, but so are the worst.



~Gloria Parker




taking down

the old church sign

end times


~Ingrid Bruck




moon skeleton

in morning sky

night’s echo


~Jennifer Gurney




Such a bleeding heart

She’s gonna need

a transfusion


~Sarah Mahina Calvello




my life

dry as the urban

landscape

I follow a maple leaf

calling it poetry


~Jackie Chou




daydreams

and fairytales --the voices

in my head


~M. R. Pelletier




punchbowl drunk

a thirsty mouse

finds the holiday ladle


~Douglas J. Lanzo




unpaid overtime

the plink clink of ice pellets

on the window


~Joshua St. Claire




fifth interview

the HR VP asks me

who Joshua St. Claire is


~Joshua St. Claire




she says the dog

is fixed now

third quarter moon


~Joshua St. Claire




Ode to Art Cinema 12-31-25


gonna start the new year right

with Harry Smith reel tight

lightshow videos of the Fugs

down on the Bowery with some poetry thugs

Harry's string theory weaving some songs

living lives where we don't quite belong

seeking nirvana with a shotgun swagger



                      his circles & squares still stagger



~dan smith




my thumb counts four


~Allen David Simon




setting the record straight no one



~Roberta Beach Jacobson




how can

one day change so much

new year


~Jennifer Gurney




whole to-do list

for the coming year

1. to live



~Oscar Luparia




breaking my resolution

to never publish again


~Douglas J. Lanzo




we always

think we have more time

until we don’t


~Jennifer Gurney



Open now (only until filled): Akitsu Quarterly

http://www.wildgraces.com/akitsu-quarterly



Submit by January 11: Golden Haiku Competition

https://goldentriangledc.com/event/golden-haiku/