Jackie Chou

blood sunrise
awaking to the prick
of her syringe 

— Jackie Chou

sliced lotus roots

a hundred sockets

without eyes

— Jackie Chou

Roberta Beach Jacobson

other people
but now
it’s us

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

long haul flight
this gaping wound
of turbulent sky

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

spontaneous combustion

the black cat remains

at her feet

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot