Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

pooling at my feet the dread

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

skinny dip

slowly peeling off

the leeches

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

Mona Bedi

Jallianwala bagh 
voices of the dead 
resound from a well

— Mona Bedi

abandoned office

high pitched giggles

from behind a door

— Mona Bedi

Jan Stretch

wolf moon
a strange coldness  
in the cemetery

— Jan Stretch

Jerome Berglund

retinal scan patchy clouds

— Jerome Berglund

Jovana Dragojlovic

eating an apple
a worm on the corner 
of my lips

— Jovana Dragojlovic

Lorraine A Padden

melons
the ragged edge
of a dull knife

— Lorraine A Padden

congealed blossoms

at the crime scene

black cherry

— Lorraine A Padden

Minal Sarosh

rocking chair 
a ghostly voice calls me
by my name

— Minal Sarosh

midnight

the unused car headlights

switch on and off

— Minal Sarosh

Joseph P. Wechselberger

urgent care
the mumbling voice
of the exorcist

— Joseph P. Wechselberger

moonlight

the woods still speak

my late father’s name

— Joseph P. Wechselberger

Debarati Sen

first day of school — 
a blood soaked uniform
blocks the traffic

— Debarati Sen

funeral —

she returns to take

her favourite saree

— Debarati Sen

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

but i
was the wild vine 
of twilight

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

ripped begonia

who’s gonna

love you now

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

C.X.Turner

blood-red
floating in the village pond
broken pieces of sky

— C.X.Turner

feasting

in the shadows

skinless moon

— C.X.Turner

Tuyet Van Do

lingering spirit —
a faint figure playing
with my plush toy

— Tuyet Van Do

Tracy Davidson

fresh cadaver 
the medical student 
who answered back

— Tracy Davidson

Eavonka Ettinger

blue veins
popping through skin
tracking device

— Eavonka Ettinger

overgrown

green vines climb

inside eyelids

— Eavonka Ettinger

Roberta Beach Jacobson

a few tiny bites
no inkling
it’s her last meal

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Hifsa Ashraf

late night drive
the bride of Karsaz
crossing my path

— Hifsa Ashraf

blue moonlight

overstepping my shadow

the pichal peri

— Hifsa Ashraf