Afternoon of January 7, 2026

 

quantum blackjack

quantum blackjack

my cards add up to 21

for a moment

~John J. Dunphy




bankruptcy

my mail box filled with

credit card offers

~John J. Dunphy




tattoo of a fairy

its nose red

from a mosquito bite

~John J. Dunphy




hospice vigil

dying man asks

a relative to pray

in a lower voice

~John J. Dunphy



rushing to shine

before city lights are on

the full moon

~Tejendra Sherchan




independent cinema

brought to you

by the deep state

it's ostensibly

criticizing

~Jerome Berglund




Middle age is when

half the funerals

are for someone younger.


~Jeffrey Taylor




I Reside in Metaphor


Like god

Like family

Like anything

More abstract

Than the present

Moment

~Scott Parker




On Being a Poet


I didn't write this line,

but I did have the chance

to read it first.

~Scott Parker




Here we go

Another shift

In the paradigm

~Sarah Mahina Calvello




in season utter nonsense


~Roberta Beach Jacobson




the world as it was

when i was young

city fog

~Gareth Nurden




stained curtain,

Grilled window, Light pollution.

But beyond that

- the cosmos.

~David Mitchell




rhythm

from his brown eyes...

the violinist

~Fatma Zohra Habis




on the eighth day

he created the wind

and it blew me away

~Bonnie J Scherer




out for the count five fleas

~Barrie Levine




2026

an accident

that didn’t wait to happen


~Barrie Levine

 


 









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