Morning of December 3, 2023


This Poem Is a Process. Whatever Else You Read Today Is This Poem.

~Noah Berlatsky



the sacrifice

of forests

Christmas gift wrap

~Wanda Amos



giving tree –

Santa arrives

on a purple scooter

~Bonnie J Scherer



jingle bells

time to bring out

our gay apparel

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



no one to fill my stocking but myself I become Santa

~Jennifer Gurney



Salvation Army shelter home for the holidays

~Jennifer Gurney



Christmas Eve

red and green lights at

the intersection

~John J. Dunphy



My yoga mat is rolled up by arthritis and bad knees.

A fractured wrist put winter walking on my deranged list.

My head is full of migraines and a gallon of caffeine.

I'd like to change my age back to a time

when all that mattered was a peanut butter sandwich.

~Nolcha Fox



he was briefly remembered for having elegant penmanship

~Patrick Sweeney



writing –

my style changes upon hearing

a siren

~John J. Dunphy



pen to paper

the feeling of

pure release

        - poetry

~Ann Christine Tabaka



in his glad rags, he was comfortable on his own bed of nails

~Patrick Sweeney



though they were only a myth, it was a relief when the winners cashed in

~Patrick Sweeney



the obligation of pumpkin pie

~Patrick Sweeney



the day the candlenut tree introduced herself

~Patrick Sweeney



whatever will I do with this déjà vu

~Patrick Sweeney

Morning of November 29, 2023

 

  

Icarus


You little punk ass

Walking off a cliff in full formal wear

Acting like nothing would change

When you splattered against the rocks

I got news for you pal

                                             my world ended

that day

You pulled an Icarus

and flew 

Away from me

~Anthy Strom

 

Hawaiian Summer


I can't help it if

I'm too sexy for my shirt.

Some people are too

polite to comment on it.

Others laugh. See if I care.

~Dominic Rivron



helium


fill me with helium

tie me down

take me for a ride

round dublin town



there, i'll tell you

in a squeaky voice

interesting things

about james joyce

~Dominic Rivron



video bubble; aliens

come for 50s sitcoms

stay for rock and roll

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel



Old Brew Poetry


Bubbling hops

Simmering in the stew

Pipes and plastic hoses pippippiping


Frankenstein's little boy

Concocted by humanity's impulse

To get rip-roaring plastered on a Saturday night

~Anthy Strom



nothing to do—

I let Leonard Cohen

tie me up

~Sharon Ferrante



descending

to bargain basement . . .

building code

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



The Qwerty Keyboard Warrior


Quite Why Effete Readers

Test Your Unusually

Inopportune Observations

Poses A Serious Doubt.

Furthermore, Giants

Have Just Killed Lovely Zoe.

Xenophon Could Verbally Berate New Mexico.

~Tony Dawson



persistence

inside the watch

a Dali sentience

~dan smith



conquering over

ocean earth and sky

we are living dinosaurs

~Joan McNerney



getting a few bugs

out of our poetry

ants

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



served

on clumps of rotting seaweed

century egg

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



when will we see

there is no light

without darkness?

we all lose in the end

~Joan McNerney



Telephone-pole beetles speed dating between oak trees

~Elliot Diamond



chemo port wine

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



whispers and shadows know whether I'm awake

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel



the nowhere train has no engine and no caboose


choo

choo

voila!

~dan smith