consider the koi
drifting through its reflection
rust
of the maple
Alison Rogers
coming-of-age
my Barbie and I
grandmothers
Barrie Levine
*
diner special
sliding down the counter
to
the regulars
Barrie Levine
second-hand store
a wedding dress tagged
as
never worn
Joseph P. Wechselberger
goldenrod
the hypnotic lull
of
bees at work
Jay Friedenberg
*
scattered bread
under the park bench
nature's
pecking order
Jay Friedenberg
texting her I reiterate
crows
Bryan Rickert
*
synchronizing
our autumns long distance love
Bryan Rickert
moths
on
a lampshade
this blemished moon
Jerome
Berglund
*
liminal
highway
all the lights
come on at once
Jerome
Berglund
class reunion invitation
on the RSVP card
he checks 'won't attend'
with the pen he borrowed from
a
prison guard
John J. Dunphy
first AA meeting
a whiff of whiskey
or
all in my mind?
Chen-ou Liu
*
after the farewell
she doesn't wave back --
moonlight
even colder on my face
than
October's snowflakes
Chen-ou Liu