Afternoon of August 3, 2026

Rem


Is the word 


I couldn’t remember 


because I didn't sleep enough.


~Keith Snow




deadline the cat on my keyboard

~Joshua St. Claire




devolving

into dactyls 

mountains of the moon

~Joshua St. Claire




Muppet theater box seats

I’ve become

a grumpy old codger

~Randy Brooks




Fierce Pelicans

 

Five white pelicans

stand on a rock

in the river

looking like

they’re holding

down an alligator

hoping it will

drown.

~Diane Webster




no road signs 

for travelers

on the skyroad

~Ingrid Bruck




Metaphor

 

This is that.

The poem is a hat

Squash it flat and it’s a hole

which in falls this.

And that.

~Noah Berlatsky




Alone, Remembering


how you once whispered

a thousand names for darkness,

leaving out your own.


~Silvatiicus Riddle



 

Late Fees


Strange librarian,

she dealt in books from other worlds––

fines paid in stardust.

~Silvatiicus Riddle




four-letter word 

for intercourse

talk

~John Hawkhead




border crossings

does a boundary separate 

or join?

~M. R. Pelletier 




One day


One day...

The vibration brings hope and despair simultaneously. 

~Partha Sarkar 




vine-pruning... 

words, words

words

~Maya Daneva




oppressive heat 

the coolness

of this chemo infusion

~Maya Daneva




Agentic Black Hole

 

spaghettification of humanity

it's not eminent domain, it's infinite progress


~Nicholas De Marino




robo-therapist my coping mechanism


~Nicholas De Marino




it's the perpendicular universes

                   you

                  gotta

                  watch

                    out

                     for

~Nicholas De Marino




his final

anthology appearance

graveyard shadows

~John Pappas

 

 

Where to Submit Your Work:


Always open: Red Eft Review

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Mini poems on a postcard!

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Always open: smols poetry journal

Poems up to five words!

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Poems about world news!

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