Joshua Gage

waning moon
the scrape of shovels
from the potter’s field

— Joshua Gage

Lovette Carter

a bull’s eye
dead
on the red

— Lovette Carter

John Hawkhead

killing jar
colour drains
from her face

— John Hawkhead

Adjei Agyei-Baah

black night:
a scarecrow scattering 
fireflies

— Adjei Agyei-Baah

Hemapriya Chellappan

I’m just a cloud ghost dog

— Hemapriya Chellappan

Marcie Wessels

scrimshaw 
unpacking 
dad’s bones

— Marcie Wessels

Jackie Chou

laptop screen
behind my reflection
an eyeless man

— Jackie Chou

Lovette Carter

sealed letter
he pours out
his guts to her

— Lovette Carter

Joshua Gage

crossroads
the full moon
through an empty noose

— Joshua Gage

John Hawkhead

distant thunder
darkness rolling under
the raven’s wing

— John Hawkhead

Rowan Beckett

at the foot of the cross termites

— Rowan Beckett

Terrie Jacks

December wind
the night sky wears
midnight black

— Terrie Jacks

Adjei Agyei-Baah

a swarm of bats
cloud the moon—
Second Coming

— Adjei Agyei-Baah