Afternoon of January 8, 2026

Hurry! Submissions open through January 9.

          this year

    I will remember

to eat the panettone


~Tony Williams

everyone wants to know why

she's keeping her first dream

to herself

~Patrick Sweeney

there's no sitting down in my mind

~Patrick Sweeney

a twisted sycamore branch in the snow

how right they were about me

~Patrick Sweeney

never to return

she prepares her trip

to settle in Mars

flowers already begin

to bloom there

~Tejendra Sherchan

piano recital

second-chance student

taller than the rest

~Randy Brooks

the night before Christmas

a flea was silently

stirring

~Randy Brooks

food for thought

his namesake nibbles

on GMOs

~Peter Jastermsky

burnt butter

the sun leans in

a bit closer

~Peter Jastermsky

three pops democracy lies bleeding

~Melissa Dennison

ICE shoots to kill

America declares war

on America

~Patricia Carragon

family photo album gliding through my traumatic stages of adolescence

~Martina Matijević

Negotiation 101 the exam our world failed twice

~Martina Matijević

A Few Reminders

The Art of Haiku open now

https://artofhaiku.org/entry/

The Solitary Daisy wants haiku related to the New Year, deadline Jan 14


https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2025/12/issue-65-moon-haiku/

Haikuniverse open for your submissions

https://haikuniverse.com/submit/

The English-Speaking Union of Japan accepting poems through Jan 25

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php

 

 

Afternoon of January 7, 2026

 

quantum blackjack

quantum blackjack

my cards add up to 21

for a moment

~John J. Dunphy

bankruptcy

my mail box filled with

credit card offers

~John J. Dunphy

tattoo of a fairy

its nose red

from a mosquito bite

~John J. Dunphy

hospice vigil

dying man asks

a relative to pray

in a lower voice

~John J. Dunphy

rushing to shine

before city lights are on

the full moon

~Tejendra Sherchan

independent cinema

brought to you

by the deep state

it's ostensibly

criticizing

~Jerome Berglund

Middle age is when

half the funerals

are for someone younger.


~Jeffrey Taylor

I Reside in Metaphor

Like god

Like family

Like anything

More abstract

Than the present

Moment

~Scott Parker

On Being a Poet

I didn't write this line,

but I did have the chance

to read it first.

~Scott Parker

Here we go

Another shift

In the paradigm

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

in season utter nonsense


~Roberta Beach Jacobson

the world as it was

when i was young

city fog

~Gareth Nurden

stained curtain,

Grilled window, Light pollution.

But beyond that

- the cosmos.

~David Mitchell

rhythm

from his brown eyes...

the violinist

~Fatma Zohra Habis

on the eighth day

he created the wind

and it blew me away

~Bonnie J Scherer

out for the count five fleas

~Barrie Levine

2026

an accident

that didn’t wait to happen


~Barrie Levine

 

 

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