Morning of September 13, 2022

vultures:

     the party

          in their eyes

~A.J. Anwar

twisted path of a fly in my eye

~Mircea Moldovan

moss

how the green spreads

in his eyes

~Minal Sarosh

in sects

the rest of us sometimes

crushable…

~A.J. Anwar

Aztec

death whistles

the screams

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

dry bones the rattle of her wondertale

~Kelly Moyer

pseudopodia swish-swashing

~Amoolya Kamalnath

rusted lock

a whisper answers

the knock

~Arvinder Kaur

when 

your name 

comes up on 

your caller ID 

dare to answer 

~Todd Matson 

3D printing my fears

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

with all good intentions stinging nettle

~Arvinder Kaur

barbaric barber the shave

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

insomnia –  

the beach 

where dreams 

invade consciousness 

~Todd Matson

the rabbit

at the end

of the poem

~Luke Brannon

Morning of September 12, 2022

death and pestilence

served with a side order


of bittersweet chocolate


~Lafcadio

Gallows Café

Take your biscotti--

it’s time to go:

I hear the hammers

banging.

Hurry it up

and finish your cup:

I’d hate to be late

for the hanging.

~Frank William Finney

Constellations 

of bluebottles 

infuriate the future

~Christian Ward

pruning my fear into a lion-shaped topiary

~Lafcadio

waxing moon—

crushed tall boys dot

the playscape

~Melanie Alberts

my reflection

 
in a cup of tea


offers me a cup

~Lafcadio

frost on the window --

pulling strands of silver hair

out of the plughole

~Keith Evetts

bike path--

everybody watching out

for the rapist

~Ruth Holzer

silent mosquito

alighting on my forearm

its gift left behind

~Brian Barnett

gnats swarm loud sunlight

~Mariel Herbert

one size

fits all--

I.C.U. bed

~Ruth Holzer

Relay of Love: for Helena Qi Hong

Living on the opposite sides of

The world, we take turns to go

To bed, each waking up

To become part of the other

In the same dream, even

About the same moment

Day & night

Though, alas, on different beds

In different time zones

~Changming Yuan

helping Bob 

the demogorgon with

summoning Pazuzu

the final project,

but first: cupcakes

~Richard Magahiz

childhood travels

paddling the wheel of

a sewing machine

~Daipayan Nair

pastorale

high precision missiles

miss the bull

~Keith Evetts

bull

I imagine him

not charging

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Morning of September 10, 2022

red radio hat

picking up lo-fi music

from mars

~Kimberly Kuchar

status quo(te)

what's on

my mind

your own business

facebook

~Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

long drive

she replays the song

I press to skip

~Daipayan Nair

retirement—

a crap plaque

with my name wrong

~Ruth Holzer

children duck their heads

an occasional spurt 

of godhead

makes the governors 

quail

~Richard Magahiz

oops my

Cheerio  

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       o o     o o   o        o              oo    o's

~petro c.k.

transcendent skies the

hue of Dawn dish detergent

buy one, get none

~Richard Magahiz

new skin cream—

her wrinkles are gone

along with her face

~Kimberly Kuchar