By Alvin B. Cruz

table for two

the melting candle

between us

—Alvin B. Cruz

cherry blossoms

in late spring

the tree i planted

though i will not sit

in its shade

—Alvin B. Cruz

another home

in ruins

winter deepens

—Alvin B. Cruz

the letter

that never reached you

wisteria blossoms

—Alvin B. Cruz

By Steve Black (from 2024)

back in town 

going by a different name

too late to run

too late to be forgiven

hurricane season

—Steve Black

painkiller

she washes the day

from my back

anoints oil to the scars

that never go away

—Steve Black

the back door

into the night

i left open

i thought 

she would close

—Steve Black

Editor's Note: These are from the "lost poems" chosen by founding editor, Roberta Beach Jacobson.