Poetry

Today is going to be my peaceful day

Mark Becker -
Poetry

A kind of motion

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

The Cartography of Rain

Dr Padmashree RP -
Poetry

Smooth-talking serpents

David Belcher -
Poetry

A Fall Can Be a Little Thing

Peter J. King -
Poetry

My blood wants out

Arran D'Aubigny -
Poetry

they all ask what type as if it is an ice...

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

Sous les pavés, la plage

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Creed

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

January Suite

Hugh Lemma -
two black and brown wooden smoking pipes on table
Poetry

The Pipe

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Majnūn

Peter J. King -
fried chicken on white ceramic plate
Poetry

Narratives

Michael Acker -
Poetry

x

Sean M Hines -
white mouse on brown cardboard box
Poetry

Lab Rat

Todd Matson -
Poetry

Here I am reading your sucky poetry again

Eliot Jacobson -
a close up of a plate of food on a table
Poetry

Full Contact Cold Wrestle

Elizabeth Dunn -
Poetry

Probability of Precipitation

Arran D'Aubigny -
a white house with a thatched roof and a wooden fence
Poetry

Clapham Rick

Marc Woodward -
an abstract painting with black, yellow, and blue colors
Poetry

(post 37-38) – Rehearsal for Reversal

Tom Riordan -
woman wearing eyeglasses with flower in mouth
Poetry

Bangs

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

That Summer in Oz

Joan Colby -
USA flag on brown leaves
Poetry

Disturbing

Lance Watson -
a close up of a stone wall with small holes in it
Poetry

Fear

Trina Layne -
A black and white photo of a pipe
Poetry

Thinkers

Robert Stastny -
brown animal tail clip art
Poetry

Now & Again

Mike Casetta -
grayscale photography of train
Poetry

Verlaine’s Bride Boards a Train

Bob Bradshaw -
Close-up of a wrinkled hand against black background
Poetry

When the Wind Whistles

Grady VanWright -
An old parisian cafe sign and building.
Poetry

One Hundred & 15 Words

james stephen -
a bunch of poles in the middle of a desert
Poetry

HAVING A CRUSH ON THE LINDA RONDSTADT OF 1977

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Famous River at Night

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

What am I going to say—

Amanda Villafranco -
Poetry

Picking Apple from an Oak

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Poetry

christmas counts

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

Excavation for burial

Susan Kostick -
Poetry

A Touch of Doubles

Peter J. King -
Poetry

Jotting down the outline

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

The Spider Weaves

Matt Dennison -
a group of doctors in scrubs in a dark room
Poetry

Intrusion

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

Auld Lang Syne

Peter J. King -
Poetry

Telos

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

On the shore of a radioactive sea

David Belcher -
Poetry

Slippers

james stephen -
Poetry

The Bridge

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Five Cinquains

Mark Grinyer -
Poetry

The Rooftops of Kyiv

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Inscription

Peter J. King -
Poetry

So Much, So Many, So Few

Dr Padmashree RP -
Poetry

In a Wooden Town

Dale Patterson -
Poetry

Magnets of Faith and Knowing

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Hedgehog in Winter

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Hologram Eulogy

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

before we reach our sunless seas

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Be Wary of Sadness in Dark Times

Andy Posner -
Poetry

America legalizes murder

Lance Watson -
Poetry

At Least Yours Had a Song, Buk

Sharon Leigh -
Poetry

Three more humble attempts at bussokusekika.

Jason Ryberg -
Poetry

There goes Brian they say

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

Redwing

Paul Brookes -
A statue of a man holding a plant in his hands
Poetry

The intimacy of others

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

Status Quo Ante

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Insects in the cupboards

Susan Peters -
Poetry

ONE HELLUVA CHRISTMAS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

merry fucking christmas

Lance Watson -
Poetry

Shooting Rats with Buddha

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Bravery

Andy Posner -
a statue of a woman sitting in the snow
Poetry

What Do You Call This?

james stephen -
Poetry

The Ancients

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

The Architect of Ash

Dr Padmashree RP -
Poetry

CULTURE YOU BASTARD

Daniel J. Flore III -
silhouette of woman standing on beach during sunset
Poetry

The End of the World

Mary MacGowan -
Poetry

A Fall Night

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

autumn in the rain

ennuibrion -
Poetry

The brine

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

Evening Drives To Andromeda

Bob Bradshaw -
Poetry

my chesapeake

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

First Light

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

MONSTERS

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Hosanna

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

Toad Flax Leaf Beetle: The Life

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

I suppose resilience

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Indelible (Thanksgiving)

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

St. Mercy General

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Green tea

Christine Dubuc -
Poetry

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Reciprocal

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Hear The

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Sunrise Serenade

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Hurry!

Bob Bradshaw -
Poetry

Sestina for a Wider Music

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

A NEW DAY

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Portrait of Old Man in Camo Hat and Bermuda Shorts

Jason Ryberg -
Poetry

Exile (To the Homeland)

Mohamed Gaki -
Poetry

dinner with friends

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Blissed-out by exhaustion

David Belcher -
Poetry

His name means ‘far-seeing’

David Belcher -
Poetry

5786

Dale M. Tushman -
Poetry

Listening to Foliage, 72. Mirabilis

Tom Riordan -
gray stones on body of water
Poetry

Unmoored

Grady VanWright -
brass quilt pen
Poetry

Precision Lost

Raymond Huffman -
Poetry

Apology

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Chandelier Spider

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

My Mother’s Ghost Is Tired

heidi selig -
Poetry

apologies to the cat

Lance Watson -
Poetry

Every Daily Mass

Tom Strong -
Poetry

home is a flower farm

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

Spoilage (to burn or rot, that is the question)

Lorraine Stofft -
Poetry

Through Time

Andy Posner -
Poetry

I’m awake. Are you awake?

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

The Indolent Magician

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

statistical error

Lance Watson -
Poetry

Alone

Dale M. Tushman -
Poetry

Disorder

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Half Ginkgo

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Not to Love

james stephen -
Poetry

Train

james stephen -
Poetry

What can anyone do to me here?

David Belcher -
Poetry

The Language Of Rain

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Art class

Dr Padmashree RP -
Poetry

A Slightly More Manageable State

Jason Ryberg -
Poetry

Five Anxious Haiku

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

What the Hill Remembers

Dr Padmashree RP -
Poetry

To My Replacements

Elizabeth Dunn -
Poetry

A Dream of Nether Stowey

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

She is in the jungle. She cannot see the sky.

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

My country

David Belcher -
Poetry

Your Mouth

james stephen -
Poetry

Speaks Louder Than

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Dilettante

Randi Cramer -
Poetry

Pool Hall

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

WHEN THE BOMBS DROP

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

“best corn in the county!”

Jan Harper -
Poetry

A Memory of the Boy

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

Marigolds

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Bagpipes In The Park

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Ode to the Forgotten Hour

Mohit Saini -
Poetry

Eulogy For a Fish

John Gurney -
Poetry

good guys

Lance Watson -
Poetry

Last Call

Dale M. Tushman -
Poetry

smoke rings

Larry Houston -
Poetry

unhallowed ground

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

Not ‘Digging’ (the only poem Heaney’s father ever wrote)

Niall M Oliver -
Poetry

Hush

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Broken Lock

Rich Glinnen -
Poetry

An unenlightened response to a bully

David Belcher -
Poetry

i found god behind a gas station dumpster and he owes...

Lance Watson -
Poetry

More Than She Should

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

The Ashes

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

Green

heidi selig -
Poetry

Eh!

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Grief

Hugh Lemma -
silhouette photography of Stone Hinge during golden hour
Poetry

If I Lived In England

Mike Casetta -
a purple and black photo of a person in the dark
Poetry

spectral cannibalization

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

I Almost Lied

Grady VanWright -
man walking on dried plain while looking towards the sun on horizon
Poetry

“I Once Was Lost…”

RC James -
Poetry

TBone

heidi selig -
Poetry

Tonight This Night

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

she believed she could, so she did

Dale M. Tushman -
Poetry

Death Is

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

The weight of quiet things

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

Avon, NC

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Twilight Cinema

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

Woodswoman

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Il Faut Imaginer Sisyphe Heureux

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Instead of doomscrolling

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Ars Poetica #1

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Seen from a ship

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

You can fly

Christine Dubuc -
Poetry

Ode to a Worn Rug

Bob Bradshaw -
Poetry

Quintains of the Red Death

Wim Coleman -
Poetry

Drift the Corners

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

Mad auntie Pauline was right

Niall M Oliver -
Poetry

Wheelbarrow

james stephen -
Poetry

Confinement Upgrade

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

The Hush, the Hush, the Knowing Hush

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

To Not Be That Guy

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

Townies

Acklum Harwood -
Poetry

New Dishes

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

I’M GOING THROUGH A CAR REPAIR WHETHER I LIKE IT OR...

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

The Gilded Moth and the Iron Maw

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Not Unlike…

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Hope

Bethany Lim -
Poetry

Earthquake

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Carrot of Believing

Tom Riordan -
Poetry

What If We Did Everything Right?

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

riding the front

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Wedding Tree

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

un-christmassed

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Attitude In Blue — for Carlene

Doug Flaherty -
Poetry

0% Containment

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Origin Stories

Jason Ryberg -
Poetry

Precious Cargo

Rich Glinnen -
Poetry

The world as I know it ends

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

To Dart Along

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Calling All Editors

Niall M Oliver -
Poetry

A Blood Moon

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Visions of a Teacher Come to Mind

RC James -
Poetry

Night Watch

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

transition home

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

A Stone A Flame

Grady VanWright -
Poetry

Moonshine

Tom Strong -
Poetry

A Patch Of Old Snow

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

While Waiting To Be Inspired

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

What Is This Graveyard

Bob Bradshaw -
Poetry

The Moon So Close

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

Earthly Remains

Wim Coleman -
Poetry

Cancer is a window into death

heidi selig -
clear glass cup with tea near brown ceramic teapot
Poetry

WATCHING PORN ON AN UNFORTUNATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Leeza Simmons Sikes -
a close up of a metal object with numbers on it
Poetry

Forget Your Password ?

james stephen -
Poetry

I Broke Up With The World

Hugh Lemma -
red cherry tomatoes
Poetry

TOMATO SOUP WAITING ON THE STOVE

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

Decades Lapping at My Feet

james stephen -
Poetry

Seeking Submissions

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Accidents All the Time

Mary MacGowan -
brown and green grass
Poetry

Desert Wonder

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

Mountain Hymn

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

Pilot Knob Breakfast

Lorraine Stofft -
Poetry

The Music of Another Place

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

Maybe You Remember

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

A Winter Morning

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

What do you mean by a blue horse

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

School’s Out

Robert Stastny -
Poetry

Now that you’re no more

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

Improvements

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

thanksgiving, next year

Rob Breeding -
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