Afternoon of April 3, 2026

 


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expanding

of the universe

our ego

~Tejendra Sherchan




quid pro trophy

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




toxic rain

their propaganda

more convincing than our own

 

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




patients

all returning home

fairy dust

 

~Richard Bailly




free

apocalyptic

at last

~Richard Bailly




Standing Blurry


Standing in the rain

blurry, upside down

an umbrella attempts

control in drizzling

reflection

of an impressionist’s

imagination.

~Diane Webster




Passing Rule


Double yellow line

a man runs down

the center of the highway

unable to cross the rule

of no passing zone.

~Diane Webster




Up Down


I am a reflection

always upside down

and backwards,

and when my mirror

dries up,

I disappear

leaving the original

upwards and upside.

~Diane Webster




a delicate subject

coming out to grandmother

butterfly

~Anna N. Jennings




grandma's village

roasted goose

~Mykyta Ryzhykh




he was tired of keeping

his hosannas to himself

~Patrick Sweeney




liar, liar, world on fire

~Patrick Sweeney




a war movie we always win

~Patrick Sweeney




war is looking for a window

~Mykyta Ryzhykh




the omnipresent fog of war

~Ian Willey




bombs away out of this mess

~Ian Willey




late frost

a tree marked

for death


~Ian Willey




Sci-Fi Night Invite

 

come for the beasts

stay for the science

~S. T. Eleu



Afternoon of March 31, 2026

 

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





~Bryan Rickert





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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