puzzling
out
the footprints in the snow
alien invasion
~Joshua St. Claire
family planning —
the awkwardness of
a
relative's advice
~Daipayan Nair
a nightmare…
my red kettle
hums a lullaby
~Kavita Ratna
the crust bends a borehole spurts syrup
~Richard Magahiz
The cruelty of
Children can be staggering
With a single word
~Jennifer Gurney
How can a full moon
Wreak havoc on the playground
From so far away
~Jennifer Gurney
Have you ever tried
Writing a simple word and
It just looks all wrong?
~Jennifer Gurney
when
these shackles
were forged, dodos wept —
O the shame
~Richard Magahiz
women's day the little old lady speaks alone
~Françoise Maurice
Indian curries
way of ghost pepper
from top to bottom
~Bidyut Prabha Gantayat
Stairway to Heaven
closed.
Important construction
work about to begin.
~Oliver
Kleyer
the door's friendly squeak in your wake
~Mirela Brailean
death asana—
my instinct
to survive
~Ram Chandran
not a soul
in the darkness
yet the fear...
~Sreenath
The switch
That silences the phone
Is broken.
What?
~Noah
Berlatsky
marriage—
she packs her dreams
inside a garbage bag
~Debarati Sen
lullaby
she hums
to the empty cradle
~Debarati Sen
Dry lab
slutter
in the keypad
this is a re re re
argus
howls the horrible starlight
flashblind
at our feet the guts
of a nebula
pickaxe
strikes steel and that's how things end
~Richard
Magahiz
