2025
and they thought we'd have
jet packs and flying cars
~Melissa Dennison
he noted the absence of snoods in the zeitgeist
~Patrick Sweeney
he'd spring impossible math problems on you
and always in front of someone
you secretly loved
~Patrick Sweeney
blue-eyed gaze
of an orange cat
is that the face
of one who hunts
for birds and mice
~Jackie Chou
'Shouting indistinctly' in the old war movie, a guy from the neighborhood
~Patrick Sweeney
underground railroad
a Mississippi river town
no one knows
~Randy Brooks
at the top of the stairs
out of mother’s closet
a prom dress
~Randy Brooks
Piece In The Valley
here a gun
there a gun
everywhere
a gun gun
~dan smith
It’s
funny
What you remember
Under a vast sky
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Late night,
I look up
to greet
the self-loathing
I was hoping
to save
for tomorrow.
~Noah Berlatsky
angry
origami cranes
paper cuts
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
high winds
a dozen ravens
hold the maple down
~Tom Blessing
a murder of crows
the tree pretending
it's dead
~Patricia Carragon
icy pavements
resolutions
just slipping away
~Melissa Dennison
alley
in front of his cardboard box
a welcome mat
~John J. Dunphy
The Zen of Old Timers
breaking pots
fleeting thoughts
perfecting non-attachment
~dan smith
winter seclusion, when there's no sugar bowl to break
~Patrick Sweeney
winter horsefly, go on with your bad self
~Patrick Sweeney
another hyperventilating method actor on channel 5
~Patrick Sweeney
New Year's Day
unmasking the old year
with the new one
~Patricia Carragon
no red envelopes
given or received
by relatives
are we losing face
this
new snake year
~Jackie Chou
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