midnight melody
our cat walks
on
the piano keys
John J. Dunphy
*
backyard
a squirrel chows down on
my
aunt’s fruitcake
John J. Dunphy
*
freeze warning
I put out extra food for
my
feral cats
John J. Dunphy
midnight melody
our cat walks
on
the piano keys
John J. Dunphy
*
backyard
a squirrel chows down on
my
aunt’s fruitcake
John J. Dunphy
*
freeze warning
I put out extra food for
my
feral cats
John J. Dunphy
tumbleweeds
pile against the fence
howling
wind
Janet Ruth
*
in
my dream
he climbs a ladder
saying
goodbye
Janet Ruth
gusting winds
our laundry entangled
just
as our lives
David Josephsohn
*
empty pages
every moment begs
to
be written
David Josephsohn
family reunion
my view rises to the top
of
the tree
Barrie Levine
*
ironing
the infinite length of a shirtsleeve
Barrie Levine
*
cleaning up
my contact list
fast-moving
rain
Barrie Levine
*
the
touch of stiffened wool dad’s pea coat
Barrie Levine
*
tossing and turning
my unsettled thoughts
slip
to the floor
Barrie Levine
How can there be so
Many unanswered questions
In
one human heart?
Jennifer Gurney
after
the noon rain
rainbow
across the sky
we hang our laundry
Christina Chin and Uchechukwu Onyedikam