Morning of August 29, 2023


dead end saloon

four hungry ghosts

and a rat

~Sarah Paris



the dust on my writing desk Ambien fog

~Sarah Paris



light is the bow that

bounces on the singular

spider thread stretched thin

~Jennifer Gurney



you are the questions

that float into my mind when

I least expect them

~Jennifer Gurney



perseids all night

one after another

damn kidney stones

~Rex Lisman



banana moon comparing himself to a toucan

~Joshua St. Claire



State of New Jersey tax notice

two accountants discuss the meaning

of “Kafkaesque”

~Joshua St. Claire



11-dimensional spacetime

a grey squirrel navigates

power lines

~Joshua St. Claire



Möbius strip

oh, how careful you are

to consider my side

~Joshua St. Claire



we make of the moon what we make of the moon

~Joshua St. Claire



picket line

strikers use their signs for

rain shields

~John J. Dunphy



first day

on his new job

ex-Walmart greeter

says hello to

his union sisters and brothers

~John J. Dunphy



falling

through the sky of

her blue eyes

~Aaron Bowker



asleep under a

constellation of freckles

the smallest star

~Aaron Bowker

Afternoon of August 26, 2023


I find a treasure

in the pocket of the coat

you left behind

~Jennifer Gurney



my imaginary friend AI

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



heat is a blanket

follows me to bed

I keep throwing it off

~Steve Van Allen



daybreak

a new beginning

for the fruit fly

~Jennifer Gurney



coding

from beyond the grave

FORTRAN

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



midnight storm

bowling in the dark clouds

~Steve Van Allen



separated at birth identical scarecrows

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



death

dust bunnies

in her slippers

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



documentary

about 9/11

so many stairs......

Jennifer Gurney

Afternoon of August 25, 2023


summer’s end

my rat girl

playing possum

~Jean-Paul Moyer



Calgary morning

a Russian Blue examines

my toes

~Rupa Anand



saving me

from cold war demons

school desk

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



after the tornado

the hoe my neighbor borrowed

back in my yard

~John J. Dunphy



meditation

a thousand petals

cross her soul

~Katherine E Winnick



all our secrets out there data breach

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



farewell dinner

end of his cheatwave

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



Bible-thumper in the park

indifferent ducks

doomed to an eternity in hell

~John Grey



best of show Darwinian schnauzers

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



REGARDING MY NEED FOR SOLITUDE

 

Please don’t be offended

when I say,

I wish

to be left alone.”

 

It just means

I want you around

so I can tell you this.

~John Grey



shooting stars...

the scent of nightshade

in your hair

~Katherine E Winnick

Afternoon of August 24, 2023

 

 crushed

between pages of her life

rose petals

~Stephanie Zepherelli



 bones

        rattling

   the hum

            of her

lawnmower

    mind

~Kelly Moyer



vanishing act

amateur magician

makes his audience disappear

one by one

through the exit

~John J. Dunphy



the coast is clear

. . . . erosion

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



I ignore

the old woman

in my mirror

~Linda L Ludwig



from a rooftop


she shouts

at her drowning

blue heart


yellow whispers

I got it

~Sharon Ferrante



inheriting the meek

a market

for plant-based ukuleles

~Kelly Moyer



giving blood the flea bites

~Sharon Ferrante



vineyard

tasting the stain

on his fingers

~Sharon Ferrante



accenting our love linguistic convergence

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



checking out

two books at a time

from the prison library

the convict serving

concurrent sentences

~John J. Dunphy



plastic from paper

sorting out

the great mystery

~Kelly Moyer

Morning of August 21, 2023


 

I am here, she said

to no one in particular

sometimes that's enough

~Jennifer Gurney

 

 

not getting the memo four o’clock shadow

~Susan Burch



if children grew on trees

~Mona Bedi



fold after fold origami ecosystem

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



monogamy the chance I took yesteryear moon

~Mona Bedi



3 bean moon I am Jack’s broken heart

~Susan Burch



Darkness. Silence.

A heavy falling snow

Blood dripping.

~Daniel de Culla



Microfesto

New world

me

at center.

~Chad Parenteau



When the pandemic is over


I’ll stop thinking and begin reading

I’ll buy things and stop surfing.

I’ll stop counting but start adding,

I won’t need to ask but will be telling.

When the pandemic is over, I’ll leave home and find one.

~Akhila



emptying the house

a closet with all the checks

he’s ever written

~Joseph P. Wechselberger



Post-Argument

You tell

empty house

you’re listening

and the house

believes you.

~Chad Parenteau



each one

with his own god

temple town

~Mona Bedi



for no good reason

the watch I found on the beach

last year    starts to run

~Kathy Watts



only they know my wanderlust fridge magnets

~Mona Bedi

Evening of August 18, 2023


beer garden

I plant myself

at the bar

~Paul David Mena



the hiss of light years between us

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel




trapped in your ribcage I rattle the bars

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel



picking up the fly swatter

I compose

another death poem

~Paul David Mena





He promised her

Moonlit beach strolls.

He promised her

caviar and champagne.

He promised her

he’d steal her heart.


He stole her wallet

instead.

~Nolcha Fox




Woodstock anniversary

woman listens to

the concert LP

in her room at

the nursing home

~John J. Dunphy



Less

 

I took the one less

I took the one

I took the

I took

~Noah Berlatsky



Sing Gone


You’re the rooster

cackling off-key

through a megaphone.

You won’t hear me singing

when I pack my bags

and leave.

~Nolcha Fox



have

you

seen her

the poster

asks from a phone pole

photograph of an empty room

~David C. Kopaska-Merkel



rising inflation—

the increased cost

of lottery tickets

~Joseph P. Wechselberger



burning sage

my dreams

go up in smoke

~Paul David Mena



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