beer garden—
the butterfly’s
unsteady
path
Mark Forrester
class reunion invitation
on the RSVP card
he checks 'won't attend'
with the pen he borrowed from
a
prison guard
John J. Dunphy
first AA meeting
a whiff of whiskey
or
all in my mind?
Chen-ou Liu
*
after the farewell
she doesn't wave back --
moonlight
even colder on my face
than
October's snowflakes
Chen-ou Liu
all the colours
of windblown petals
at
the rave
a hurley-burley
of gyrating dancers
Marilyn
Humbert
*
shifting umbra
the equinox clock
in
reverse
Marilyn Humbert