reliquary
the dog emperor
visits Earth
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
I Dew
We only eat olives
in the twilight,
just as the kittens
begin
to darn
their socks,
for
certainty
is a lousy lover,
little more than
fodder for the plot.
~Kelly Moyer
cone fizzled out
we thought and breathed a sigh
Vesuvius
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
There are as many explosions as there are stars in the sky
Every night to underground storage and bunkers
An alarm siren sounds
Life is wonderful as if it started from an egg and not from a dead chicken
~Mykyta Ryzhykh
anniversary
of your death
stop
texting me
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
removing
last sliver of hope
tweezers
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
the sway of curtains
leaving
claw marks on the moon
~Kelly Moyer
harvested field
strewn with dead sparrows
development
~Bipasha Majumder (De)
so much meaning
packed in the singular question –
why?
~Jennifer
Gurney
Religion
is a hobby club for those who have never died
~Mykyta Ryzhykh
shells on the beach war
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
open bellies conceal simple truths
~Mykyta Ryzhykh
tropical jungle death of a thousand sucks
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
unclaimed i tether myself to driftwood
~Kelly Moyer