Faint Aurora
By Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA faint aurora . . .a polar bear clambersonto the shrinking floe
MAID*
By Anna CatesWilmington, Ohio, USA . . . and she wilts like wet paper,her watercolor life bleeding pink across unfinished…
Aspects of remembrance
By Florence HeyhoeCounty Down, Northern Ireland “Your father was a great man,” said Theadora, “He used to stay at our…
Omnipotent?
By Florence HeyhoeCounty Down, Northern Ireland He took the children in his arms . . . and blessed them I…
Yulara – the town square
By Marilyn HumbertSyndey, NSW, Australia where the ghost gums gatheron-country women spread canvas squarescrushed ochre in small precise pilesred yellow…
Insurance?
By Steve Van Allen - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, EarthAnna Cates - Wilmington, Ohio, USA Sugar-Pie is third in line at…
A Refuge’s Life
By Judit HollosBudapest, Hungary a refuge's life claimed by the sea her boat sinks beneath shards of starlight painted on…
Flag of the Weeds
By Margi AbrahamSydney, New South Wales, Australia Who will fly the flag?The flag of no homelandbut this Earth, this spherecircling…
A Toy Gun, with Real Bullets
By Robert WitmerTokyo, Japan new musica catatonic scalefor the poet’s requiem we are but cloudsof cosmic dustcollapsing in a dream…
Dreadful Speech
By Robert WitmerTokyo, Japan Herdsman: I am on the brink of dreadful speech.Oedipus: And I of dreadful hearing. Yet I…
Disabled Society
By Steve Van AllenCincinnati, Ohio, USA, Earth Judy cashiers 2 days a week at a Dollar Store, loves the job,…
Has-Beens
By Florence HeyhoeWarrenpint, County Down, Northern Ireland If this town were a set of teeth I would recommend a visit…
Parched Fields
By Goran GatalicaZagreb, Croatia global warming—the widowed farmer'sparched fields
Render Unto Caesar
By Matthew CarettiPago Pago, American Samoa what mud daubers do organ prelude We’ve been around a…
Closet to Landfill
By Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)India and United States of America closet to landfill . . .as far as the eye can…
Crude
Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA unmixed oil slicks press against dolphin skin fall leaves…a plastic bag gapeswide as Texas First…
Broken Bottle
By Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA broken bottleat the end of the pathblue-eyed grass First published in Plum Tree Tavern, 2015
Crack of Dawn
By Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA crack of dawn —fireflies escapethe jar First published in Chrysanthemum #18, 2015
Woke
By Matthew CarettiPago Pago, American Samoa The N-word never tasted good in my mouth. Something far too bitter in it.…
Critical Mass Shooting Stars Again
By Matthew CarettiPago Pago, American Samoa Here the future kraken in an ancient mariner’s tale wags us again. Always some…