
Pretty in Pink By Emma Giammanco
“Come on time to dress up.” My mother says…

Stateless by John Chinaka Onyeche
in a silhouette of time as a nation.
glooms and leadership attention breezes in…

The Tracks of my Tears By Dan Raphael
I’ve been given a new task
chosen for my proclivity…

Grow By Nolcha Fox
Seedlings sprout
from stumps and
from charred trees…

Two Poems By Victor Ogan
Scared to break the ice,
Skin thick with frail goosebumps…

Two Poems By Ivan De Monbrison
The sea is white.
We don’t see anything…

The Man in the Moon By Frances Huffman
By Frances Huffman
Moon
My first word, my mother says..

Two Poems By Charlie Bowden
There’s a red man under my bed, ugly as sin
with pitch-black fur and a voice that pricks like a pin…

A Hole in the Sky By Jayne Martin
I’m not sure what to do about the hole in the sky…

Winter Purple
By William Doreski
Black ice curses asphalt roads
this morning, the moon a white hole..

Your Reading
By Hailey Bartlett
The year is 1994, and we are together. You tell me that you are going to visit a psychic this weekend, the one…

Two Poems By Gabrielle Gruszynski
The Witching Hour
In the ungodly hours of the evening,
Oddities trace alongside the crack of wallpaper…

Pandemic Endorphins
By Caitlin Coey
When you get tired your breathing
gets shallow. The body releases…

A Poem w/o Ghosts
By Brian Lutz
Go straight past the kitchen.
Go stand by the mirror. Find…

Adventures of Mr. Teddy and I
By Meher Narula
This poem has been inspired by the “dress-up” games played by children, where they let their imagination run…

What Is a Pelican?
By Matthew James Babcock
From the ground, a particle wave
crossing humid noon. Stern sage…

2 Poems By Trevor Moffa
Dissolving with the heavy edge of light
There is a weight to all tonight, a haze,
The air is thick, the moon is full, the lights…

3 Poems By Michael Conner
Having regrettably killed a spider
silently stalking the bedroom dresser…

Should I Ever Pass This Way Again
By William T. Blackburn
Under shade of seckel pear tree, juices on my lips
Sun slipping between leaves, breeze disheveled…

Three Poems by John Grey
Lake Ghosts
I love that morning lake fog.
It’s the nearest I ever come…

Two Poems By Aaron Sandberg
Fortune
The dog tipped over the trash,
sniffed week-old egg roll with his snout…

Two Poems By Deryck Robertson
Coloured Pencils
A box of coloured pencils
(or, pencil crayons au Canada)

Portrait of a Mother on the Eve of Spring Break
By: Tamra Plotnick
through the parlor window
I witness…

Cat Eying the Butter
By: Antoni Ooto
Every morning I feel you missing.
It’s been a while…

Two Poems by Jason Melvin
Toothpaste
as I squeeze the toothpaste
onto my toothbrush staring…

Two Poems by DS Maolalai
Painting on a hot day.
By: DS Maolalai
a woman…

I Am
By: Irina Talty
I am two worlds torn in half…