Marion Clarke

the hand that takes 
my hand at midnight 
bedroom slippers

— Marion Clarke

Mark Gilbert

sheet lightning angry spirits

— Mark Gilbert

John Hawkhead

island hopping
from one to another
a cell changes host

— John Hawkhead

Roberta Beach Jacobson

graveyard
last train station
on the line

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Julie Bloss Kelsey

night terror—
when I wake up
he’s still here

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

nameless hunger
the night
shifts blue to black

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Jackie Chou

visiting spirit
the bagua mirror
cracks into pieces

— Jackie Chou

Marion Clarke

fairground music the cup and saucer spinning my blood

— Marion Clarke

Roman Lyakhovetsky

writer’s attic
the silent gossip of
dead characters

— Roman Lyakhovetsky

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

widdershins

the words I

can’t take back

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

Roberta Beach Jacobson

midnight text from the gravedigger

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

John Hawkhead

hall of mirrors
my reflection
turned away

— John Hawkhead

Lovette Carter

last downpour 
a murder of crows
silently dripping

— Lovette Carter