Afternoon of June 16, 2023

midnight

a wide-eyed cuckoo

startles the moon

~Robert Witmer

the sun

at the edge of the mind

uranium

~Robert Witmer

reflected

in her eyes

heat lightning

~Linda L Ludwig

carousel

my whisper in horse’s ear . . .

off we go

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

old Times Square wonder

Professor Heckler’s Circus

harnessed fleas do stunts

~James Penha

mottled leaves

on a pork pie hat

the busker's arpeggio

~Robert Witmer

the sundial shadows

our heavy hours

shepherd of doubt

~Robert Witmer

as floral stand cracks

I catch the bouquet

funeral flowers

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

rain walk

the fishmonger balances

his yoke

~Daipayan Nair

first periods —

     granny says 

    I have grown up

~Debarati Sen

bitter

clumps of seaweed

voodoo moon

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Washing up

Gently on the surface

Pelican waves

~Jennifer Gurney

Fly carefully cleans

wings and face

we both look

        out the window

~Steve Van Allen

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