Afternoon of June 2, 2023

Late sun glows orange

on branches that twist

into nightmares

~Steve Van Allen

Civil

I live with a rude zombie

mumbling through the house

cutting me off as I talk

only apologies I hear

are mine, saying" I'm sorry

you stepped on me again"

I know she will slowly eat

my mind, I'm just asking

her to say please first, thanks, after...

~Keith Snow

the waistline of the hula hoop king when the Russians owned the moon

~Patrick Sweeney

minutes after the eclipse the whole moon to myself

~Patrick Sweeney

she's tinkering again with my static universe

~Patrick Sweeney

White knuckles and an acceptance of turbulence.

~Laurie Kuntz

Life decisions, based on clouds, mud, and flowers.

~Laurie Kuntz

evolving into beings that stare at screens

~Patrick Sweeney

In the summer

Every day feels like

The weekend

~Jennifer Gurney

garden party

taking bets

on the frog:

will it jump

or croak

~Wanda Amos

sharing space

I contemplate life

from the small room

two squares

or three

~Wanda Amos

Going back in time,

women fought for their own souls.

Here we go again.

~Angela Evans

between

a wail and a whimper

life

~Rupa Anand

Your gentle touch

To get my attention

Does

~Jennifer Gurney

waterfall

where I could never

think loud enough

~Ron Scully

historic postcards

the wire spinner squeals

backwards

~Ron Scully

Morning of May 28, 2023

legendary the sparrow that stole my siren song

~Kelly Moyer

shattered dreams

a squeak from the sole

of god's left boot

~Kelly Moyer

skin through ripped jeans

the night sky is a big shaken box

full of glitter

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

the binding energy of stars in the wave of her hair

~Patrick Sweeney

a lone obsessive noting the magically irrelevant

~Patrick Sweeney

full harvest shadowboxing with the enemy

~Kelly Moyer

my failed numeracy under the summer stars

~Patrick Sweeney

yesterday leaking from the black hole of night

~Patrick Sweeney

war ruins shapes of sky

~petro c.k.

drinking to forget goldfish

~petro c.k.

torn limb from limb healthcare

~petro c.k.

b

  o

    o

      m

        e

          r

        a

      n

    g

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r

~petro c.k.

the day rides on the back of a hummingbird

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

slicing through morning the peacock's scream widens the crack on the moon

~Joseph P. Wechselberger

commencement speeches make me feel like puncturing a white wall tire

~Patrick Sweeney

nearing summer   the sister who never learned to swim

~Patrick Sweeney

Afternoon of May 25, 2023

early to bed

early to rise

I can’t keep up

with her

exercise

~Randy Brooks

tropical jungle

whiffs of life from its debris—

rejuvenation

~James Penha

Our jagged-edged

world protrudes into

neighbouring galaxies,

stirs up storm clouds,

disturbs prophesy

~Pam Makin

but it has always been this way

that the bones of the dead

nourish the land

~Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

dearest maple

i am tired

of being the wind

~Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

night train —

throwing another day

into the lake

~Debarati Sen

she has

no reflection

uh—oh…

~Sharon Ferrante

New Year's Day

on our snowman's head

an ice bag

~John J. Dunphy

lilac bush

i no longer have

illusions about my goodness

~Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

No

No, I do not want to read

the Jewish heritage display books.

I will celebrate my Jewish heritage

by being cranky.

Thank you.

~Noah Berlatsky

Choose your own adventure

but keep your seatbelt fastened

and familiarise yourself with

the brace position

~Pam Makin