ceasefire—
By Theresa A. Cancro - Wilmington, Delaware, USA ceasefire—under the weeping figa blind doll
Arborcide
Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Mother maples, and their promised seedlings and saplings, filter pollutants from the air.…
Three Haiku by Caroline Giles Banks
Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA sun and windunfundedwhat on earth? tsuri-doro #27 (May/June 2025) lilacs re-bloomspringdiscombobulates bottle rockets #52 (February…
The Eye of the Beholder
Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The Eye of the BeholderIn the Company of Burtynsky and Basho Edward Burtynsy’s…
revolution square—
By Subhash Roy Choudhury - Cuttack, Odisha, India revolution square—a beggar steps asidefor the parade
milk moon . . .
By Theresa A. Cancro - Wilmington, Delaware, USA milk moon . . .in the migrant campa child's swollen belly
Agents of Apocalypse
By Wade R. DeYoung - Haines City, FL, United States Agents of Apocalypse --very loosely after Sandra…
Silent Waters
By Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Silent Waters An Installation by Pritika Chowdhry, 2023 Chowdhry’s 101 larger-than-life ceramic feet…
police siren . . .
Theresa A. Cancro - Wilmington, Delaware, USA police siren . . .the hard stareof an inner-city kid First published in…
Tick-Tock
By Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA In 1947, when time was kept in a pocket or worn on the wrist,…
Sticks and Stones
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA In its March 2025 quarterly update theOxford English Dictionary added 42 new words from other languages.…
The Man of the Hole
By Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA His hut hidden in the rainforest from outsiders, the last known member of an…
Clarion Call
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA Hagia Sophia, the magnificent complex in Istanbul, was built in the 6th century as a…
d’Esperanto
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA August 2024. Afghan women must veil their bodies completely in public—faces included. The Taliban muzzles…
morphing
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covid nightmare
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cropdusters
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Winged Victory of the NJ Turnpike
By Patrick TromblyNew York
What Rough Beast
Jenny Ward AngyalGibsonville, North Carolina, USA I remember my mother telling me how she felt on the frigid night in…
Wakes and Wails
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA She knows how to swim. She does not want to swim.Her hesitation is more than…