Mark Gilbert

slice of life
the secret
after show party

— Mark Gilbert

Bonnie J Scherer

digging 
my own grave –
nail in the coffin

— Bonnie J Scherer

Anthony Lusardi

lake mist rises—
me and the loon
forget ourselves

— Anthony Lusardi

the only thing

that knows my anger

autumn rain

— Anthony Lusardi

Rich Schilling

unmarked cars idling the crows gaze

— Rich Schilling

the stench

of his breath

brain rot

— Rich Schilling

Sheikha A.

bone cleaver —
eyes of a scarecrow 
frozen inwards 

— Sheikha A.


 

owl’s cry

the lyrical thump of

falling bodies

— Sheikha A.

Martina Matijević

turned-off TV —
a zombie stares
at me

— Martina Matijević

Chad Lee Robinson

full moon--
holding the voodoo doll 
closer to the flames 

— Chad Lee Robinson

the clown’s eyes sliding into place deadbolt

— Chad Lee Robinson

Roberta Beach Jacobson

eternal sleep Texas road kill

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Jackie Chou

her poems...
the raising of hair
on my arms

— Jackie Chou

Joshua St. Claire

a voice that can’t
get past the lips
red hot poker

— Joshua St. Claire

Kelly Sauvage Moyer

post-coital embrace
the musk
of her undoing

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

Nicholas De Marino

lovers holding hands
and other trophies

— Nicholas De Marino

Vishal Prabhu

the clean 
 glint 
of a pickaxe

— Vishal Prabhu

Hynek Koziol

springtime -
we move soil around
the dog’s bones

— Hynek Koziol

before sleep

all the things

the moonlight avoids

— Hynek Koziol

Julie Bloss Kelsey

nightmare —
the tendrils
of his existence
take root 
in me

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

reaching out

to her relatives—

city ghost tour

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

Rowan Beckett Minor

spring lilies
on the white carpet
a woman’s slit throat

— Rowan Beckett Minor

deep autumn

in the city mortuary’s ceiling

fetal remains

— Rowan Beckett Minor

Anne Fox

squirrels shred a nest
in my intestines...
burst appendix

— Anne Fox

dexa scan--

vultures scatter the skeleton

of a road-kill deer

— Anne Fox

Bonnie J Scherer

an audible squeak
as the trimmers cut deep
close shave

— Bonnie J Scherer

John Hawkhead

urban decay
a crack in the light
where the ice got in

— John Hawkhead

fog bound stones

crows uncreak dirges

to the dying light

— John Hawkhead