By Timothy Daly

early morning

the storm

under my skull

Timothy Daly

yoga class

trying to balance

commitments

Timothy Daly

the fallen pine

needles stab me

nostalgia

Timothy Daly

By John Pappas

funeral lilies

the young father learns

to french braid

John Pappas

between

that and this

winter rain

John Pappas

flood watch

she tells me again

it is what it is

John Pappas

white asters stay and wild a while

John Pappas

root rot

another far-off war

on television

John Pappas

By Robert Witmer

frogspawn

black holes

in a rippled universe

Robert Witmer

tricycle tracks

all the branches

of the human tree

Robert Witmer

crime novel

an old parking ticket

marks the page

Robert Witmer

By Brad Bennett

still

in slippers

spring morning

Brad Bennett

 

sunlight

through the skylight

by way of the moon

Brad Bennett

bird tracks

the call

of a snowplow

Brad Bennett

By John J. Dunphy

smelling of hand lotion the braille book

John J. Dunphy

By Diane Webster

through fog

the honk of geese

emerges

Diane Webster

By Elliot Diamond

the brush of snow

empty window frames

to a sky

Elliot Diamond

By Oliver Kleyer

A noise during the

funeral. A bumblebee

also mourns Granny.

Oliver Kleyer

By Oscar Luparia

bare oaks

all their branches

hold up the sky

Oscar Luparia

By Yvona Fast

Empty birch branches

stand bent, gaunt in bitter cold

Sheets of ice clinging.

Yvona Fast

By Gavin Austin

sleeping alone

the length of night

on your pillow


Gavin Austin