still
dawn
frog song bounces
across the billabong
Louise Hopewell
engulfed
by
your negative
storylines
I search for comfort
in the
small things
Reid
Hepworth
complacent
in their daily affairs
sun and moon
Jenn Ryan-Jauregui
*
falling in
and out of love
daisy petals
Jenn Ryan-Jauregui
service dog
guarding
my
inner silence
Barrie Levine
*
before
plastic the velvet edge of sea glass
Barrie Levine
dwindling
twilight
the silence eats
a cicada
Pippa Phillips
*
doomscrolling—
the
green
of an unwitnessed tree
Pippa Phillips
kitchen drawer
the clanging of knives
sharpens
my appetite
David Josephsohn
*
tornado warning
the winds laugh
at
our intrusion
David Josephsohn
braying
donkey I make an ass of myself
Susan Burch
*
King
Arthur camped out on my couchalot
Susan Burch
New Year’s covid
measuring my fever
for
first time
Maya Daneva
*
Father’s
Day
thinking
of the kidney donor
of my father
Maya Daneva
morning glory flowers
die in a day
but those from stems trimmed off
tossed in the shade
last
and last.
Gerald Friedman