Elancharan Gunasekaran

isolation cell
whispers
from the corner

— Elancharan Gunasekaran

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

a slow cut
across my breast 
killer moon

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Rowan Beckett

body count the rotting flesh of marigolds

— Rowan Beckett

Joshua Gage

anniversary
of my wife’s death 
a rattling door knob

— Joshua Gage

Adjei Agyei-Baah

the scarecrow
bares its skeleton
harvest moon

— Adjei Agyei-Baah

Nina Kovačić

dangerous crossroads
the crow is zooming through
a red light
 
— Nina Kovačić

Mark Gilbert

screech of the moon
the owl’s
ellipsis

— Mark Gilbert

Elancharan Gunasekaran

dark before dawn
the other nameless
in the room

— Elancharan Gunasekaran

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

until death do us part a sprig of hemlock

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Joshua Gage

full moon
a tendril of mist
through the bedroom keyhole

— Joshua Gage

D. V. Rozic

the fountain ...
drowning his
last year’s wish

— D. V. Rozic

Silva Trstenjak

my electric wheelchair -
an empty battery
on the slope

— Silva Trstenjak

Dorna Hainds

winter camellia
blood pools
at her feet

— Dorna Hainds

John Hawkhead

crows in snowfall 
every sentence
ends in a full stop

— John Hawkhead