winter
what happens next silly
~Keith Evetts
winter
until it’s not
~Roberta
Beach Jacobson
Tick
Box
For shamed face scar from birth clear marked,
a
haematoma, red wine stain
I used to scrub, the nailbrush
thick,
so cross that patch became a tick;
four digit tines
at back, on call,
to carve a swathe through downy hair -
with
surreptitious, hangdog look,
attention claim when seek
escape.
~Stephen Kingsnorth
she wants pink
and cries when he has none
balloon seller
~Joseph P. Wechselberger
Fire-Ants
Fire-ants are the worst
always first to be cursed:
they jitter and jive,
champing and chopping they drive
everyone mad as they arrive,
fire-ants are the worst,
I honestly wish they’d burst
in borax they should be immersed…
fire-ants are the worst
always
first to be cursed…
~Avalanche
hold
on tight to your children
guns
~Kerry J Heckman
other
sweeps same sky
~Mircea Moldovan
all-day
from across the street
grating
scraping
grinding
and scratching
of metal:
house
construction
~Rupa Anand
To-Do List:
1. put the toothpaste back in the tube
2. put the genie back in the bottle
3. unring the bell
4. unscramble the egg
5. close the barn door before the horses leave
6.
take back all the things I said in anger
~petro c.k.
Helplessness
Don't let my last breath
slip away from my lungs
Don't let the crimson love
fade away from my heart,
don't let my mindless mind
disappear
from my soul.
~Ruchi Acharya
autumn breeze
whispering at half-voice
the
gold of maples
~Françoise Maurice
I hear voices echoing silence
Twisting words
Into
what I want to hear
~Anthony Ward
Monday
the computer informs
me
I'm
disconnected
~Keith Evetts
