Morning of January 5, 2024

 

the aging streetwalker's orthopedic shoes

~John J. Dunphy

his dry wit

I interview

a wine critic

~John J. Dunphy

on rainy nights

even the buddha snores

~Jay Passer

the refrigerator doesn't care

what I think

~Jay Passer

a murmuration of starlings

violating the Second Law of Thermodynamics

power lines

~Joshua St. Claire

candlelight

how tenderly he caresses

his iPhone

~Joshua St. Claire

paying a dime

for penny candy

cost of living adjustment

~Joshua St. Claire

Brand Name Cereal

now with more…

                              marketing

~Joshua St. Claire

the light of dead stars

                                       grocery store tabloids

~Joshua St. Claire

the Pierian Spring overflows as our Alps melt

you can't scuba dive

in the desert too many

heads in the sand

~dan smith

burnt rice —

the sticky remains

of our marriage

~Debarati Sen

fading colours

of betta fish –

mom turns sixty

~Debarati Sen

the new year dawns

before the sun rises—

Damn-cat-knocks-phone-off-bedside-table-at-four-am

~Jennifer Gurney

Why think of drowning?

A cricket on a floating branch

sings, just sings.

~Fhen M.

black-eyed peas the cornbread crumbles

~Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

Afternoon of December 31, 2023

monarch this too shall pass

~Kerry J Heckman

I used to look forward to the new year.

~Noah Berlatsky

crows gather for a murder could it be yours

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

like the chipped figurine a little broken

~Kerry J Heckman

firing up his ash bucket list

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

maybe it’s a sign…

the ladybug’s

seven spots

~Kerry J Heckman

the bard warned us

about the trickery

of such fellows

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

my inner sky

mostly sunny or

partly cloudy

~Kerry J Heckman

anniversary

he tells me he hates

my meatloaf

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Twelfth Night kings' cake

I bite into

the baby Jesus

~John J. Dunphy

company

for Christmas

stray cats

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

prison math

 

i was 17

& you were 28

~Tiffany Elise