yoyo loach
the surface level
is inconsequential
~Jerome Berglund
the air in Italy
is good
what is it
the difference
other than
I am in a new
place in my life
since
does it matter
I am in a new place
~James Croal Jackson
chimp
in the atrium
just a phase
~Jerome Berglund
hay bale
lest I
be judged
~Jerome Berglund
Awry (From Levels of Resistance)
Spring is coming soon,
yet flowers have been blooming
prematurely
while it’s still mid-winter,
as confused Nature
tries to come to terms
with climate change,
a disruptive force
that throws out of sync
the normal growing cycle.
~Gary Beck
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turn by turn
the strays pee
on a sidewalk
~Tejendra Sherchan
~Richard Magahiz
blue wall triangle apex
behind tall weeds golden
sunflowers heart green
snake to the boardroom
half in half out half blue
half void no sun no blue
the sky
~James Croal Jackson
Self-Criticism
One day you will write your last good poem.
Maybe it is today.
Maybe it was the one you wrote yesterday,
before this one.
A white, warm cat sits on your chest
and you cannot write anymore.
~Noah Berlatsky
Animal Crossing
dinosaur fossils star shapes in earth
shards of a manila clam along the side of
bed dancing in someone’s house of forest
you play flute I bang boards call them
drums an island in who-knows-what-ocean
I moved to my own far away from
everyone close to
you
~James Croal Jackson
in my moods overconfidence strikes again
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
witchy crescent moon confluence and consequence
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
The tree shadows
expand beyond
Mount Id
as I forever
change.
I head aimless
on shifting ice
and the cold
rollicking sea
is always me.
~James Croal Jackson
