Afternoon of May 31, 2025

 

Blueprint

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

noises in the loft

something coming loose

in my peace of mind

~John Hawkhead

reading palms

each line leads

nowhere

~John Hawkhead

shaking petals

a breeze gentle enough

to share my pain


~Fatma Zohra Habis

quantum physics exam

all my answers

keep changing

~John J. Dunphy

Big Bang Theory

O'Neddy

Bouzingo

~dan smith

caw caw boogie-

it's murder out here

for Bird fanciers

~dan smith

In Sun They All Pass

~Michael Lee Johnson

government drones

the conspiracy theories

of birds

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

executive order ~

the propagation of unblinking eyes

and dorsolateral prefrontal lesions

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

To-Do List

Less and less

and eventually

maybe

nothing at all.

~Scott F. Parker

 

 

Afternoon of May 27, 2025

 

sundown a verb leaps into

the dark

~Vijay Prasad

humbling the climbers Mt. Everest

~Tejendra Sherchan

no more lies, I promise

cross fingers –

all lies, are lies no more

~Allen David Simon

Want to reach your destination?

Are you confused by thinking

of reaching your destination

With straight simple nectar?

Then why don't you follow a snake?

~Partha Sarkar

caregiver burnout

have you taken your pills

have you taken your pills

here are your pills

take them

now

~Belinda Behne

AI bracketology

one click away

from winning

~Douglas J. Lanzo

preening politicians

water-proofing goslings

with outsized necks

~Douglas J. Lanzo

elves, trolls and goblins

shearwater cries

through craggy sea cliffs

~Douglas J. Lanzo

peace talks

i fold my opinion

into origami cranes

~Mona Bedi

Alzheimer’s missing the mum she was

~Mona Bedi

Clouds drift over

an abandoned house

unaware it's lost

~Laila Brahmbhatt

Summer snowstorm

dandelion wishes

granted

~Laila Brahmbhatt

Cluster of white smoke

from the chimney,

old family album

~Laila Brahmbhatt

false shamrock

my tribute poems

get rejected

~Jackie Chou

leaning toward blue

no matter what

the shakuhachi

~Jackie Chou

museum of uranus opens this friday

don’t forget your winter coats

please

~Alper Ghuchlu

 

Afternoon of May 26, 2025

 

Warmest Regards

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

the

space

razorfish

take

up

in

the

oceans

of

the

world

~Patrick Sweeney

Rhythmic Games but Never Ever Lyrics or Ice Breakers

I spied with my lily-livered eye.

Two truffles and a goose-faced lie.

I am shouting truth, daring you to deny...

Blocked by Jill who's so thick-thighed,

rumbling downhill, she cried and cried.

~Keith Snow

missing the acoustic signatures of the teeming rain

on the metal trash can lids

of yore


~Patrick Sweeney

scattered cherry petals

driving the mathematician

to some basic vector calculus


~Patrick Sweeney

a reexamination

of the little piggy

that had roast beef


~Patrick Sweeney

POTSies Need Love, Too

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fraidy pajamas who caught the coal mine.

~Nicholas De Marino

she wants to curl up in Van Gogh's freshly painted bed

~Patrick Sweeney

This will pass someday.

Unless it doesn't.

~Noah Berlatsky

She says “fireworks” and “flowers” the same way.

~Nicholas De Marino

planet of the he-buffaloes in fury

~Tejendra Sherchan

another subplot put into the script without my approval
 

~Patrick Sweeney

he wants to be one

of the Forty-Seven Ronin

I want to be a butterfly

~Patrick Sweeney

pissing contest

lobsters

and politicians


~Kimberly Kuchar

fish feelings

watching you

flip-flop flip-flop


~Kimberly Kuchar

Rock Creek

swimming with grandkids

and ecoli


~Kimberly Kuchar

Somebody’s Gospel

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

 

 

 

 

 

office window

the naked interior

of his mind

~Robert Witmer

summit meeting

the overwhelming presence

of nothingness

~Robert Witmer

catching up

on gossip

plastic bags in the wind

~Robert Witmer

figures

in a fountain

my bankbook's naked truth

~Robert Witmer

poetry in motion

smoke through a chimney

the poet's fireplace

~Robert Witmer