deadheading roses
how can
this much summer
have already
been lived
~Jennifer Gurney
flopped
on the bathroom floor
my mortal enemy
taking the cockroach in a cloth
I
set him outdoors
~Madeleine Kavanagh
CVS pharmacy
elevator music
line of legal drug seekers
~Steve Van Allen
local
market
a lady walking about
dabs
of foundation cream
on her face
~Tuyet Van Do
The faces I meet
A train at 4 a.m.
The call of the vein.
Different boulders.
Misunderstanding?
I open the door
And find a human-a glistening sardonic.
If I am happy, I am in a deathtrap.
~Partha Sarkar
I
love the stone for the fact that he is steadfastly silent
I
don't like people because they die
little birds kiss the
glass of the universe
the world is a torn book in the hands of a
child
~Mykyta Ryzhykh
(Originally
published in Perceptions Magazine)
Calibrating Etymology
I used to close
with beat regards
but now beatitudes
seem more appropriate
~dan smith
No green in the clock
Once he protested alone against injustice and got defeated.
Then he thought he should protest collectively
And he joined the city of protest
And it is wise act
And it is positive.
congratulations!
But for a long time, I do not find any greenness in the clock.
~Partha Sarkar
bump stocks–
a
major trigger
burning bright
~dan smith
lullabible
~Keith Evetts
shadow of a plane leaping trout
~Keith Evetts
no earthly reason why the moon
~Keith Evetts
it comes to me the cat
~Keith Evetts
the
sky eats birds on the horizon
the bird shrinks to the size of a
dot
the sun shines like a question mark
what will happen
next?
~Mykyta Ryzhykh
(Originally published in Perceptions Magazine)
stepping off the train
with me
a vagabond pigeon
~Ranu Jain
