Evening of June 14, 2023

wormhole

a frog jumps into

another dimension

~Joshua St. Claire

The Five French Fleas (retold)

Five French fleas went swimming

but they couldn't swim (too much blood)

so un deux trois quatre (1 2 3 4) fleas

                      cinq (5).

             Five of 'em sank.

~Herb Kitson

holding their child

astronaut's spouse points to

the night sky

~John J. Dunphy

Ideal Reader

Read those

Poems quickly.

Don't let the meaning catch

You. The point is just to say you

Read them.

~Noah Berlatsky

It is likely

That I will hear your voice

In the dove's call

~Jennifer Gurney

sun and moon eclipse-sync

~John Hawkhead

sunset caught in amber resin

~John Hawkhead

in case of fire break out in song

~Joshua St. Claire

these poems about you broken tulips

~Joshua St. Claire

Morning of June 11, 2023

Greenfield, driving back to Indy

 

All you can do

sometimes

is park

on the road

get out of the car

and stare

at the sun-heavy cornfields.

~William Bain

Stimming

 

Click pen,

Up down click. At

school desk, click, work desk, click.

Clock tick. Eyebrows grey. Life click lived

By click.

~Noah Berlatsky

Ryan Gosling

reminds me why I sleep

with my Ken doll

~James Penha

Life is inversely palindromic. 

You usually win

(at the same time as)

lose usually You.

~Herb Kitson

like most things            b

        f.                                        r    e

       O.                      a

       r.                                k                     p

       e.   

        v.                            I

          e.

            r.                                  n

     falls apart.               g                      U

~Herb Kitson

thunder without lightning flashless photography

~Srini

nothing to do with thirst water wars

~Srini

between why and why not one more day

~Srini

train journey

everyone becomes

an omniscient narrator

~Srini

an opening

 

opened this new

loaf of bread this

morning the sound

of the lightweight

brown paper wrap-

ping crinkling just

sounded so appealing

to me

~William Bain

Afternoon of June 10, 2023

there's something going on between the evening breeze and the mimosa

~Patrick Sweeney

I only like the idea of pink cotton candy

~Patrick Sweeney

cardboard people ghost to ghost

~Sharon Ferrante

he was convinced an archangel snapped the fan belt

~Patrick Sweeney

if they ask you, say a zinnia in the sun

~Patrick Sweeney

politics results may vary

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

the time I got caught at dusk with secret polynomials

~Patrick Sweeney

 

single drop of sky wedding

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

in that dark cellar I rolled mercury in my palm

~Patrick Sweeney

 

It is dark as night

Static fills the air

Just before the rain

If only

The rest of life

Were as predictable

~Jennifer Gurney