summer drought
a plastic cup
on the beer tap
petro c.k.
fading for-sale sign a lonely house all these years
A.J. Anwar
looking so peaceful
her final visit
to the beautician
Wanda Amos
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winter chill…
a sudden inward breath cuts the lifeline
gentle breeze
across the cemetery —
war veterans
Sreenath
raven's reflection
in the colorless stained glass
Bach concert
Mircea Moldovan
at the pole the north star our friend Mark Gilbert
just a flicker and the swallow is gone
Mark Forrester
aunt’s call —
the distant whistles
of her pressure cooker
Muskaan Ahuja
sitting in church thinking about thinking about distractions
Meagan Bussert
longing for more tangible company the romance reader
Mike Gallagher
Beach read,
sand trapped in its pages—
the secrets she keeps
M. R. Pelletier