freedom
to walk away
stray cat
Susan Bonk Plumridge
I
send out
my apologies
to the world
let me know when
it
is safe to re-emerge
Joanna Ashwell
of the fisherman's wife
her second skin
slipping off
so
easily
Pippa Phillips
my new table
made from reclaimed wood
the ring
from my coffee cup encircles
a bullet hole
John J. Dunphy