Bryan Rickert

finding his way home
a year later–
our dead dog

— Bryan Rickert

on the corpse’s face crow’s feet

— Bryan Rickert

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

soul theft
I’m left with a bloom
of blood

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

devil’s hour

the querent draws

the Fool

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

Jerome Berglund

end of autumn 
through necropolis
pink creeping 

— Jerome Berglund

unwisely

accompanying

to the well

— Jerome Berglund

Chad Lee Robinson

blood moon 
the shifting curtain 
of corn leaves

— Chad Lee Robinson

Roberta Beach Jacobson

littering the byways discarded skeletons

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Barrie Levine

the crunch
of roasted coffee beans . . .
her brown eyes

— Barrie Levine

relapse—

wishing for

a different disease

— Barrie Levine

Mike Fainzilber

every door a shoe store
the gates of hell
always open

— Mike Fainzilber

Kelly Sargent

splitting 
the bleeding heart
her unmarked grave

— Kelly Sargent

cornfield murder

the curiosity

of crows

— Kelly Sargent

Rich Schilling

abandon campsite
buzzards pecking at
blackened teeth

— Rich Schilling

crescent moon

at my window

one white claw

— Rich Schilling

Mark Gilbert

strings
moments
in the mirror

— Mark Gilbert