Evening of October 18, 2026

  

 

 

 

dropped.stitch() # back to childhood (first.cast.on)

~Beverly A. Tift

 

wind(gusty)autumn.leaves—[dervish]—dance.ing the wind

~Beverly A. Tift

 

mountain(clouds) moves <yesterday>today<tomorrow> in/out(our) memories

~Beverly A. Tift

 

 

in a loop dead newspaper smell antique clocks 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

 

November 3 . . . 
ex(c)iting

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

 

 

looks like rain lets go have some birthday cake

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

 

Flash Flood

  .  .  .  .  .  

  .  .  .  .  .   

  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  !!!!!!!!!!!!!   

  / / / / / / /

  / / / / / / /   

~Christina Chin

 

 

 

we the peephole

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

 

 

subway station
one paper cup
still warm

~Shivangi Sharma

 

  

El Niño
 

El Niño.

a new colony is to be set up on water.
 

~Partha Sarkar 

 

 

*Dream*

of an eye in an eye

in a pocket. Reach in

and where did it go?

~Noah Berlatsky

 

Midnight

midnight desk
a small lamp
holding the dark

~Young-jin Lee

 

 

footprints of years how we cling to ritual 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

 

We are all one; everything
Except for snowflakes.
(Maxims have limitations.) 

~Frank Conahan

 

 

you read books to find

more books to read

the goal is to never catch up

~Noah Berlatsky

 

 

 

 

This is not just a word game.
Are hands beings?
What is our defining boundary?

~Frank Conahan  

  

what I hate 

about your poem

is the best part

~Bridget Chebo Enggasser

 

 

 

 

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