Lorraine A Padden

rattus rattus
the helter skelter
of an overfilled dumpster

— Lorraine A Padden

attention speculation...

guessing the number of eyeballs

in a jar

— Lorraine A Padden

Jerome Berglund

radiation burns — 
she asks what 
year is this

— Jerome Berglund

degrees kelvin . . . 

beneath the mitre 

sickles project

— Jerome Berglund

Debarati Sen

scattering the ash
his silhouette floats 
with the waves

— Debarati Sen

Kelly Sauvage Moyer

scrawled sigils
the bleed
of witch’s ink

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

skeleton key . . .

the rusting cage

of consciousness

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

John Hawkhead

filling the basket
with cut flowers
a wicker coffin

— John Hawkhead

soft flurries

our old cat releases

her final purr

— John Hawkhead

Mark Gilbert

questions and answers
the piano wire
sings

— Mark Gilbert