Rowan Beckett

their soft bodies ripped clowns

— Rowan Beckett

Joshua Gage

abbey ruins
descending the staircase
a gaunt shadow

— Joshua Gage

Mark Gilbert

corvid
staring at me
with a glass eye

— Mark Gilbert

Terrie Jacks

corn mazes
a skeleton crew
operation

— Terrie Jacks

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

star chart
with age my tattoo
spreading its ink

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

Adjei Agyei-Baah

ghost story
the scarecrow vanishes
from the pole

— Adjei Agyei-Baah

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

this year
a feast
of worms

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Elancharan Gunasekaran

one way street
winter crow
looks the other way

— Elancharan Gunasekaran

Joshua Gage

filigreed moon 

the rattle of dirt

on his coffin

— Joshua Gage

Rowan Beckett

where good dreams go dark infrared

— Rowan Beckett

John Hawkhead

winter sun
light fingers on the sheet
over his face

— John Hawkhead

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

skyclad
making the sacrifice
because I’m a wife

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

Mark Gilbert

a tug
on the line
he wakes

— Mark Gilbert