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

 

 

Afternoon of May 22, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Don’t Have a God Complex, I Have a Poorly Managed Kingdom

i pray

but only in public bathrooms.

i bless people

by mistake.

say “you’re welcome”

when they haven’t thanked me.

i want worship

but settle for attention.

my altar is a group chat

named sinners club <3

~Sophia Sharkey

childhood friend

her peaceful memory

in my thoughts

an old poem collection

from when I was suffocating

amie d’enfance

son souvenir paisible

dans mes pensées

un vieux recueil de poèmes

du temps où j’étouffais

~Marie Derley

my favorite poems about work, are written there. It's like earning a secret bonus.

~Keith Snow

One day I will not write a poem

But not today.

~Noah Berlatsky

floating anchorless a disseminated            i

~Vijay Prasad

monkeys in a cage do not call their home a prison

~Mykyta Ryzhykh

the evolution of leaves underfoot

~Mykyta Ryzhykh

I’m the Kind of Girl Who Could Die Mysteriously in Act Two

i say cryptic things

at bus stops.

i journal in code

then forget the key.

i drink wine like it’s plot development

and kiss like a spoiler.

you’d miss me

and not know why—

only that your dreams

smell like petrol and wet paper.

~Sophia Sharkey

waiting for the school bus

sounds of my classmates' phones

playing music too loud

~Alper Ghuchlu

the meteorologists

predict more rainfall

this monsoon

~Tejendra Sherchan

I Only Believe in Horoscopes When They Insult Me

“you push people away.”

accurate.

“you love too hard.”

cringe but true.

“you will meet someone soon.”

liar.

“stop looking at your ex’s instagram.”

block me harder, cosmos.

drag me by the rising sign.

make it personal.

~Sophia Sharkey

rain puddle . . .

I ripple my distorted

image

~Veronika Zora Novak

white eyes . . .

in a nuclear field

apocalypse child

~Veronika Zora Novak

in some

other universe . . .

lilac moons

~Veronika Zora Novak

as I swim

inside your head . . .

marmalade clouds

~Veronika Zora Novak

Summer rain sleepwalking

In a new trench coat

Posing for flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Evening shadows

Growing in blue ovals

Memory lane

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

such a small word

such a powerful impact

oval

~Jennifer Gurney

And the globe is eternal

Taw.

Taw.

Taw.

Tawdry tattoo.

Tawdry fireworks

And tatty tattoos.

Then who dreams bright?

Toddles a toddler in toddler- only hope.

~Partha Sarkar

wild mushrooms—

sorting through

evening news

~Richard L. Matta

glass globe

the expansion

of his smudges

~Richard L. Matta

I’m a "Strong Independent Woman" Until I See a Moth Indoors

i pay taxes.

i’ve seen death.

i’ve called the GP without crying.

but the second

a moth does its freaky wing twitch

by the hallway bulb—

i become

a victorian widow

screaming into a tea towel

like the room’s on fire.

~Sophia Sharkey

I Am the Reason They Lock the Self-Checkout Alcohol Drawer

i failed the captcha

because i looked too sad.

the machine said

“unexpected item in the bagging area”

and i said

“yeah, that’s me.”

the cashier asked

“plastic or paper?”

i said

“attachment or abandonment?”

~Sophia Sharkey

 

 

 

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Morning of May 21, 2025

 

accounting for one dead raccoon on the newly paved road

~Patrick Sweeney

people who can afford nothingness

~Patrick Sweeney

he ate the hard crust of pizza with Franciscan rapture

~Patrick Sweeney

crescent (city) roll

~Jerome Berglund

taught not to believe the bully could win

~Patrick Sweeney

Ten Ways to Say Nothing Back

I’m fine. It’s okay.

I shouldn’t have said anything.

No worries. It’s all good.

I’m just tired.

I shouldn’t have made him mad.

I think I’m too sensitive—I probably overreacted.

He didn’t mean it like that.

The dog was old anyway.

He is under a lot of stress.

I love him.

~Kristina Warlen

white smoke…

a baby seagull at the papal logia

before the cardinals

~Maya Daneva

broken chair

outside a politician's mansion

his toppled government

~Tejendra Sherchan

fall fashion

they bleed out

so fast

~Jerome Berglund

he's always taking notes:

no time-outs

in the Bardo

~Patrick Sweeney

in vest

the pockets are purely

for show

~Jerome Berglund

Gas Station Bathroom


It was positive in the gas station bathroom.

I didn’t cry.

I bought a Diet Coke,

drove home,

and said nothing for three days.

~Kristina Warlen

in the wind

the wings

of a manor

~Jerome Berglund

if only

the memory stick could

stop me forgetting

~Melissa Dennison

Care Package

I mailed you socks, letters, snacks, a photo I hated.

You never got it.

Nothing ever came back.

But I kept the receipt.

Like it could prove I tried.

~Kristina Warlen

Morning of May 18, 2025

 
Warrior

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                      Ʞ𐤪℔ḽ𐤪

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer

advent of generative AI

a new era

for scammers

~Alper Ghuchlu

DOWNLOAD FOR FREE

our hour long drive

to the IT service

~Alper Ghuchlu

invention of guns

ends

the era of heros

~Alper Ghuchlu

ruined textbook

my artifact

of a year's work

~Alper Ghuchlu

a rogue comma splices the two silences

~Vijay Prasad

 

all

the missing commas

,,,,,

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

 

midsummer night

a raven’s caw ripples

the silence

~Hifsa Ashraf

autumn meadow

two monarchs crossed

my path

~Hifsa Ashraf

imagine that butterfly

     without wings—

now you know

     how I feel

~Albert Schlaht

my mind:

many flowers wait to bloom—

even more wither and die

~Albert Schlaht

Kerouac remains on a hill

drinking his bottle of wine

and tossing up haiku

~Albert Schlaht

 

an eye for detail

treasure hunting

at the flea market

Jack Kerouac book

“On The Road”

~Paul Callus

~Linda L Ludwig

in the cloud

reading his future:

late autumn

~R.K.Singh

with dim lamp

no new heaven or earth—

hiemal quietude

~R.K.Singh

sound vibration

collapse of energy field—

loud Holi hymns

~R.K.Singh

ram's head

in the altar of a shaman

facing to heaven

~Tejendra Sherchan

flat bastard

she backs the steamroller

up again

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel

shearing the not-sheep demands for higher wages

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel

the ancient book in blood-warm skin

a whispered chant heard from within

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel

the yawn a doomed fly

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel

And the civilized poster is

Taxis.

Taxi dancer.

Taxis.

Taxidermy.

Taxin taximeter.

Where to go?

Shiver in fear the rickety legs.

~Partha Sarkar

SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD

all the dead bodies

on the sidewalk

are from ODs

not murder

~John Grey

prison

visitor smuggles in

a banned book

~John J. Dunphy

yard sale

a watercolor

damp from rain

~John J. Dunphy

birthday candles my math anxiety

~Barrie Levine

saving the planet

our mossy yard

alienates the neighbors

~Barrie Levine

The View Of A Dog

The dogs outside the dog park

are more interesting 

than the dogs inside the dog park

when I am in the dog park.

The dogs inside the dog park

are very interesting though

when I am outside the dog park.

~Noah Berlatsky

10 commandments

on the classroom wall

how many have

the politicians

broken

~Tom Blessing

wading in ma ganges

i watch the muddy souls

swirl around my knees

~Tom Blessing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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