staring at the moon
trying
to find
your reflection
Mike Fainzilber
love thy enemy
the one
I
married
Mike Fainzilber
after the parting
sunrise and sunset
in
grayscale
Mike Fainzilber
cloth on cloth
so near
too
far…
Mike Fainzilber
what a view, you say
I see
only
you
Mike Fainzilber
a haiku dream
when the soul
meets
itself
Mike Fainzilber
sudden truce —
hanging wash
over
the rubble
Mariangela Canzi
lonely
conch the exile's blues
Mariangela Canzi
words float
in my mind...
new
Beatles song
Mariangela Canzi
a
scream
the dim moon bringing life
to darkness
Mike
Gallagher
that
day
when the world changed forever
what I was doing
Mike
Gallagher
drunken
melee
several cases of assault
brewing
Mike Gallagher
snowy
March
the creaking sound of little boots…
egg hunt
begins
Maya Daneva
smooth talk…
I rinse off the wild clams
for
third time
Maya Daneva
rent overdue
locked out with nothing
but
a comb-over
Randy Brooks
thick family Bible
she only keeps up
with
births
Randy Brooks
warming up
the farmhouse kitchen
banana
bread
Randy Brooks
not toy guns
not real guns
she wants nothing to do
with guns in her house
ever.
again.
Randy Brooks
in an old book
after all these years
her
letter
Refika Dedić
still winter
and they are sticking out of the ground
buds
Refika Dedić
Ides of March ––
I stop looking for love
in
all the wrong places
Robert Epstein
the
manipulation continues daylight savings
Robert Epstein
wild licorice
with every bite
decades
melt away
Robert Epstein
click click
escaping the nightmare
ruby
slippers
Richard Bailly
oolong
in the kettle
too
long
Richard Bailly
bounty of bright breeze—
ribbons and laces askew
leapfrog
on leap day
Monica Kakkar
so
much light and yet dark
Mircea Moldovan
a hedge
between him and her
winter
end
Mircea Moldovan