Evening of April 7, 2026

one dandelion
and no breeze
a possible future

~Marie C Lecrivain

the last black rhino

is gone

a slower

sunrise

today

~Marie C Lecrivain

up there

the grimacing chimera

of the church

là-haut

la chimère grimaçante

de l’église

~Marie Derley

limescale the thought of you e r o d i n g 

~Katherine E Winnick

The Transit of

Venus — a slowed-

 

down version of

Waiting for Godot.

~Mark Young

no more waiting for Godot

~Belinda Behne

The Age of Misrule every day is April Fools

~dan smith

that butterfly, that now

~dan smith

zero gravity

the hourglass sand

stops flowing

~John J. Dunphy

AARP asked 

why I cancelled auto pay

for my late aunt’s bill

~James Penha 

Lurching from one disaster 

to another, all

of his own making.
 

~Jeffrey Taylor

my father's dog tags

peace 

is a utopia

~M. R. Pelletier 

Old women selling eggs

The quiet wisdom

In everyday life

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Insomnia

I cannot dream

so I write poetry

~Noah Berlatsky

surgery scar . . . 

the tideline's cursive

changing alphabets

~Nicholas Klacsanzky

milestones
the fabled end

of a rainbow

~Joanna Ashwell

surveying my teashop

the swallows won't return

to build their nests

~Tejendra Sherchan 

(fr)agile moon
(b)light

on my feet

~Joshua St. Claire

daffodils

Cadbury eggs

first signs of spring

~Jennifer Gurney

Finally we came to know    

Finally we came to know that 

we are naked.

Thank you, Mr. President.

~Partha Sarkar 

under lamplight

not confessing to anything

the unmoving fly

~Albert Schlaht

trick candles
on my birthday cake

I wasn’t born yesterday

~Herb Tate

Afternoon of April 3, 2026

 

Five Fleas Swag

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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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