By Joanna Ashwell

evening walk

pushing myself forward

into the world

Joanna Ashwell

By John J. Dunphy

3 am

sound of sobbing

from the hospital chapel

John J. Dunphy

By B.A. France

blues harmonica

cresting and falling again

—waves of life

B.A. France

By B.A. France

long breaths

at twilight

waiting

B.A. France

By John J. Dunphy

homeless shelter

children's Christmas stockings stuffed

with Halloween candy

John J. Dunphy

By Karen Harvey

north wind

it's so much colder

when you're not here


Karen Harvey

By Meera Rehm

deepening blue

the day moon's mojo

brightens

Meera Rehm

By Joe Sebastian

figuring all my broken selves new mirror

Joe Sebastian

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

evil

Halloween night

only

the moon wears the face

of a marbled angel

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Mircea Moldovan

no spider above me

i write today

three lines

Mircea Moldovan

By Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

Home because of children

and webless spiders.

Sunlight moves across the floor, out the door. 

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

ideas dry up

acrylic witches on brooms

return to dust


Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Nani Mariani

scary night

sitting between mom and dad

Halloween


Nani Mariani

By Robert Beveridge

zombie invasion

faces pressed against the glass

black friday again

Robert Beveridge

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

dry skeletons

the garden needs to be cleared

for winter


Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Florin C. Ciobica

pumpkin patch highlighting the scarecrow's dark side

Florin C. Ciobica

By Surashree Joshi

day before

the full moon

fake howls


Surashree Joshi

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

moon

over mountain

over sea

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz