Kelly Sargent

her note in purple
the fire and ice
of last words

— Kelly Sargent

the thin veil

between life and death

inner wrist scars

— Kelly Sargent

Debarati Sen

blood moon —
a gagged child’s moan

from the dustbin

— Debarati Sen

Mark Gilbert

corridor conversation
my conscience
is killing me

— Mark Gilbert

Randy Brooks

late autumn petunias
outlived
mother too

— Randy Brooks

window thump!

the yellow-rump warbler’s

broken neck

— Randy Brooks

Roberta Beach Jacobson

behind
the school’s red bricks
asbestos

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

John Hawkhead

lifting a hagstone
from the breakwater
a locked-in scream

— John Hawkhead

a trail of blood

through virgin snow

stains that never fade

— John Hawkhead

Lorraine A Padden

snow glow from the waist down cement moon

— Lorraine A Padden

wasp waisted

jealous of what flies by

her hourglass

— Lorraine A Padden

Mark Gilbert

slice of life
the secret
after show party

— Mark Gilbert

Bonnie J Scherer

digging 
my own grave –
nail in the coffin

— Bonnie J Scherer

Anthony Lusardi

lake mist rises—
me and the loon
forget ourselves

— Anthony Lusardi

the only thing

that knows my anger

autumn rain

— Anthony Lusardi

Rich Schilling

unmarked cars idling the crows gaze

— Rich Schilling

the stench

of his breath

brain rot

— Rich Schilling

Sheikha A.

bone cleaver —
eyes of a scarecrow 
frozen inwards 

— Sheikha A.


 

owl’s cry

the lyrical thump of

falling bodies

— Sheikha A.

Martina Matijević

turned-off TV —
a zombie stares
at me

— Martina Matijević

Chad Lee Robinson

full moon--
holding the voodoo doll 
closer to the flames 

— Chad Lee Robinson

the clown’s eyes sliding into place deadbolt

— Chad Lee Robinson

Roberta Beach Jacobson

eternal sleep Texas road kill

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Jackie Chou

her poems...
the raising of hair
on my arms

— Jackie Chou

Joshua St. Claire

a voice that can’t
get past the lips
red hot poker

— Joshua St. Claire

Kelly Sauvage Moyer

post-coital embrace
the musk
of her undoing

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

Nicholas De Marino

lovers holding hands
and other trophies

— Nicholas De Marino

Vishal Prabhu

the clean 
 glint 
of a pickaxe

— Vishal Prabhu