Afternoon of June 27, 2024


 

the seventh galaxy...

so the first six just

not good enough?

~Richard Magahiz




neosilk rubbed

wormholes spill out

through her fingers

~Richard Magahiz




with each tiptoe    another crater

~Richard Magahiz




On Top?

 

Stand on top of the rock

that mimics a fossilized

cow patty dropped

by a Neanderthal bovine.

 

Makes you look like

a come-to-the-party-

too-late fly wandering

on sun-baked manure.

~Diane Webster




reading Lovecraft

to the carnivorous plants

I'm touched

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel




risk assessment

funding cut for

asteroid watch

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel




I wake to find

black hoofprints on your back

nightmare?

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel




the dinosaurs

no more toilet paper

on the shelves

~Randy Brooks




curling her hair

straight

frozen orange juice cans

~Randy Brooks




fox not going anywhere

outside

the eagle’s stomach

~Randy Brooks




Together In Alone

 

The solitary woman walks

down the only dirt road

in and out from land

occupied by a lone

tree seen for miles.

~Diane Webster




Toward Point

 

Sharp triangle of light

slices through the darkness

on street level where

one human silhouette

 

drags its shadow

toward the apex point

separating, joining

day to night merge,

submerge silhouette.

~Diane Webster




old clay pitcher

still unfilled with night long

Monsoon rain

~Tejendra Sherchan




political argument

two buttheads

butt heads

~John J. Dunphy

 

Morning of June 25, 2024

 

we’ve rolled together

bounced off each other a few times

but eventually settled

in this U-shaped valley

where the stream meanders to the sea

~Mark Gilbert


 

 

all this dusk burning my story

~Tiffany Elise




solstice or the inferno of same same

~Tiffany Elise




'Glacier is dead...'

Frightens the human stomach

The last message

From the river

For farming.

~Partha Sarkar




security


that gorgeous jazz

my bank plays me

to placate me soothe me

calm me down

distract me convince me

everything’s going to be fine

 

If you would like to hear ambient birdsong instead of jazz music please press 1 now.

~Mark Gilbert




I once saw bound bouquets

of blue roses at a market

as a child

so many years ago

that now it feels like

it was another person

puzzling over their indigo petals

~Simon Kaeppeli




now heavy reading

the paperback beach novel

drenched by the tide

~John J. Dunphy




Urban design



Polished streets

Streamlined for efficient traffic

Darkened windows fail to catch the eye

Nothing to see here

A homeless man is ushered away

Lest he would make people think

~Simon Kaeppeli




god’s waiting room

a crossword puzzle

with the easy ones

already filled in

by somebody else

in the queue

~Mark Gilbert




I list

my car for sale –

very same day

check engine light

comes on

~Jennifer Gurney




and maybe it was too hard


for you

to stop the ivy

from spreading

from choking off

the oak

~Tiffany Elise




don’t ask —                                                       i will end up saying  
                                          
                      yes to everything

~Rupa Anand

 

 


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