Afternoon of October 10, 2026

 

 

You say he's on the lam from family and friends—poet, eh?

~Patrick Sweeney

Persistent cough; her winter kigo

~Patrick Sweeney

'Go easy with the mass extinctions; we're trying to have some laughs here'

~Patrick Sweeney

it’s time to never get up again


~Noah Berlatsky

 

 

 

broomstick to broomstick creeping ivy

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

 

  

 

Dharma transmission: the surprised looks on the faces

of the Halloween skeletons

~Patrick Sweeney

 

spiral of silence storm-to-be

~Pegah Rahmati Nezhad

 

 

to celebrate sorrows autumn


~Pegah Rahmati Nezhad

 

 

false positive pockets full of air bouncing peace treaties

~Biswajit Mishra

endless orbit   

golden mangos rot 

in zero-g

~Christina Chin

There was no earthly reason why he should be nervous about drinking water in zero-g


~Patrick Sweeney

a thorn-pricked finger 

I carry the scent 

 

of roses 

~Christina Chin

solar eclipse

the multicoloured moons

of the kite surfers

~Marie Derley

 

 

 

éclipse de soleil

les lunes multicolores

des kite surfeurs

~Marie Derley

 

unemployed

wizard school grads

scrolling, scrolling, scrolling

~Nicholas DeMarino

Crow's craw that did not quench my thirst,

save the day, save the date.

~Souvik Sarkar 

 

 

I approach

the end of the road

or does it approach me?

~John J. Dunphy

 

 

empty window

  the evening light 

waits for someone


~Manasa Reddy