Afternoon of March 17, 2026

 

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the woman

who never wanted

children

now tired

of tending her houseplant

~Ruth Holzer




boxing up my books

someone else will do it

the next time

~Ruth Holzer




lauded

for their warriorship

state-sponsored rapists

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




100 copies

the day we became

the enemy from within

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




for the love

of burning oil in the morning

the chaos theory

~Wanda Amos




for over three decades

bigwigs run our state in turn

leaving trillions in debts...

and we continue to toil

in the Animal Farm

~Tejendra Sherchan




winter morn pretending we’re not sliding downhill

~Roberta Beach Jacobson




he's 45 minutes away

from his first Gaelic punchline

~Patrick Sweeney




from the back row:

what if I don't want to be myself!

~Patrick Sweeney




the deep biology of her smile

~Patrick Sweeney




suspecting some Upper Paleolithic trauma in the bloodline

~Patrick Sweeney




when you've no idea what you're doing

you've a better chance

of writing a masterpiece

~Patrick Sweeney




I keep waiting for you

to turn on the light

until I notice

that my eyes are closed.

~Noah Berlatsky




my wristwatch cursed

the hands stuck on midnight

witching hour forever


~Brian Rosenberger




tide pool

a crab

between shells


~Elliot Diamond




raining

cats and dogs

taking shelter

~Jennifer Gurney




We Are


aggregates of atoms

constellations coalesced

that get to feel

the burning arc

of stars.

~dan smith




Inventory


going through my old poems

it hits me    erasure

is the way to go

~dan smith




reinvent yourself

the last AI command

ever made by Man

~Douglas J. Lanzo




Unclaimed


The tether snaps. The blue dot shrinks. The shuttle fades. The void refuses.

~Outis

 

 

 

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