holding a gold leaf
mom told me not to play
with
fire
~Diane Webster
vanishing
the piece of candy
and
ants
~Diane Webster
Ants
Ants
carry a dead ant.
A
procession after a pause.
~Partha Sarkar
Free speech is a poem.
Poems
end.
~Noah Berlatsky
carrying a load
I struggle to climb
up a jagged mountain
in
a dream
~Tejendra Sherchan
Sandcastles
Collecting memories
That
were set aside
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
after the shooting
we finally find out
what’s
in the backpack
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
back to the drawing board
breaking in the wind
the
spider's web
~Michael Buckingham Gray
clouded
sulphur butterfly in the middle of a three-run-homer
~Patrick Sweeney
she
made me feel better about being a 'nobody, too'
~Patrick Sweeney
praying for the intercession of a saint
who burned clothespins
to
keep warm
~Patrick Sweeney
he hid the hole in the wall with a scroll
he
couldn't read
~Patrick Sweeney
tax deductions
his monogrammed golf balls
in
the pond
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
a cracked dream system
numbed need for concrete future
animate
process
~Scott C. Holstad
ice cream cone
flavors from the dirty
aquarium
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
eternalhorrorland violence of murderscene
– I
was the Zavior
~Scott C. Holstad
digital deathmatch
keyboard warriors battle
peace
and love KO'd
~Gretchen VanOstrand
I'm not mad at god
burning down his creation
hell,
I'd do it too
~Gretchen VanOstrand
-41
welcome
to
1984
~dan smith
It’s Time to Submit!
Call
for Halloween Theme: The Asahi Haikuist
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16033297
Call
for Horror Theme: Horror Senryu Journal
Note:
Poets are no longer restricted to sending just once a month.
Visit the journal (new address!) for their simple guidelines.
https://bsky.app/profile/horrorsenryu.bsky.social
