snowdrops —
a group of friends
chatting
without me
Ana Drobot
The clocks have stopped
There is nothing left to do
But
to pray for peace
Jennifer Gurney
*
I often wonder
What the tooth fairy does with
All
of those lost teeth
Jennifer Gurney
healing
from the past year
black-eyed
peas
petro c.k.
*
in the time it takes
to drink my tea
my
fortune changes
petro c.k.
mating
hedgehogs
we tell our little kids
they love each other
Keith Evetts
*
swept
along
by the winter flood
party hat
Keith Evetts
*
beside
the Moon
but so much smaller
Mars
Keith Evetts
blades scraping the ice–
figure eights
until
supper
Michelle V. Alkerton
*
up
and down the stairs
his
indecision
Michelle V. Alkerton
spread of winter
farms with barren fields
sleeping roots
Stephen
Jarrell Williams
hunger
she
dreams up
a feast
Katherine E Winnick
*
midnight
she
starts to bake
homemade bread
Katherine E Winnick
*
dawn
half
a loaf later
she sleeps
Katherine
E Winnick
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