Hair Gal
YOUR FATE
Cursed
at birth
by a witch
who misspoke
you led
a happy
prosperous
life
~John Grey
INNER CITY PARK
The fountain
is small
its rainbow tiny.
The council
strapped for cash,
threatens to shut the fountain
down permanently.
The rainbow
is unlikely to survive.
~John Grey
the body grows still
spirit asks
"What took so long?"
~Richard Magahiz
at last we burn
our eyes glazed
with cuttlefish ink
~Richard Magahiz
now he's gone
all those bitcoin
can't ever be spent
~Richard Magahiz
twice distilled tears
aged in snow -- they burn
as you drink
~Richard Magahiz
And the peace prize
After the missiles across the desert,
the peace prize goes to the cacti.
~Partha Sakar
business meeting . . .
is there a horse on fire
behind me?
~Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
war drags on
authority receives dire warning
secret weapon
to end the conflict
- life goes on
~Tuyet Van Do
love's logic
getting to the point
pet cactus
~Robert Witmer
cavities
in a language
filled with memes
~Robert Witmer
drifting
over deep water
sitting ducks
~Robert Witmer
epiphanies
the juxtaposition of images
in a jukebox
~Robert Witmer
immortality ... dust collecting in the corner of a circular room
~Robert Witmer
amid starlings a black hole crow
~Bryan Rickert
wind through leaves lost in translation
~Bryan Rickert
caring less and less about more and more winter fog
mushroom picking who to bomb next
~John Hawkhead
irrational numbers calculating collateral casualties
~John Hawkhead
calls to prayer
smoke from a crater
thurifies the dawn
~John Hawkhead
with daughter's cancer--
the season when I agree
to be a place for ghosts
~Beata Czeszejko
spring
ringing in her head:
pink pills pink pills
~Beata Czeszejko
D.C. Follies
featuring:
Hoove the Groove
Tricky Dicky
Ronnie Ray Gun
Dub the Flub and
Donnie Destructo,
the Culminator
~dan smith
evicted from their dwelling --
clinging to their mother
baby possums
~John J. Dunphy
my AI informs me
'A' should stand for
'Absolute'
~John J. Dunphy
Prompt: Mother Earth's Rebirth
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