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stitches
the mysterious lure of
a nowhere tree
~A.J. Anwar
climate
change—
worldwide
snowflakes
seasonless
~A.J.
Anwar
wooden labyrinth
3D-printed
coral reefs
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
Home
We lived in a ghetto.
In a chawl of our illusions,
in the mind’s megalopolis.
Our shanty was built
to be bulldozed.
~Sanjeev Sethi
refugee school
the now
of
this woman's voice
~Maya Daneva
alone at the beach
there must be something
the moonlight wants
~Maya Daneva
queue
for popcorn
a potbellied man keeps
pushing me ahead
~Tejendra Sherchan
Aren’t I Entitled
I’m an open book
though some pages here and there
are glued together
~John H. Dromey
frayed nerves
election
day jitters
hauntingly déjà vu
~Ruth Van Alstine
undecided
I consider unfriending
all undecideds
~Morag Elizabeth Humble
One
day there will be…
One day there will be no sounds of suicides.
One day there will be a vast blue sky—
A perfect abode for the innocent.
One day they are all phoenixes with the sound of
First ever freedom.
~Partha Sarkar
paramedic sirens
I wonder
if
it would be
another sudden death
~Tuyet Van Do
chalky hand sprouting
from the ground
candlesnuff fungus
~Tuyet Van Do
Plot Development
write what you know
write what you think you know
make something up
~John H. Dromey