Afternoon of September 4, 2026

 

evening birds the empty sky grows wings.


~Manasa Reddy Chichili




deciphering pieces of myself alongside moonlight 


~Sarah Mahina Calvello




hours tick by this life perfect and messy 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello




tending past scars the moon an uncut gem that needs polishing 


~Sarah Mahina Calvello




weighted weave Minoan stone combs through summer's slowness


~Sarah Mahina Calvello




Forbidden Man 


Is someone hiding between the lines? Is a shape making a faint shadow on the wall? The

concussions of touching, reverberating shocks from glances that actually look back. 


The ends of the world would not be enough, squandering enough for the ends of the 

world.

~John Vlachos




temple bells

lost in the deluge

prayers for Nepal

~Belinda Behne




          (fly)

(fly)                  (UFO)

                    (fly)

                         (land)

~Nicholas De Marino




surveillance pricing

cost of progress

googolplexia


~Nicholas De Marino




must have served

at least one term

help wanted

~M. R. Pelletier




coaxing a song

from cosmic strings 

theremin

~Joshua St. Claire




ellipses

the meandering rot 

of icebox plums

~Joshua St. Claire




a violation

of Newton’s Third Law

sunflower

~Joshua St. Claire




wandering hedgehog

steps away from

crystal moon

~Gareth Nurden




wearing the white coat

of sheep

mountain summit

~Gareth Nurden

 



selfie of my selfie myself

~Pegah Rahmati Nezhad




i hate pluto and why not

~Pegah Rahmati Nezhad




searching for the good side of the gargoyle's face

~Patrick Sweeney




world in chaos...

and I'm thinking about fitting candy corn fangs on my teeth

for the kids this Halloween

~Patrick Sweeney




it was a relief to learn that men with piles

won't be sacrificed to the river gods

~Patrick Sweeney 

 

 

 

midnight

millions of fools on social media

like me


~Yasir Farooq
 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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