Vishal Prabhu
Poem
Joseph P. Wechselberger
Bird dream
about that flock of white birds
flying over the ocean.
A few weeks back, early March,
Jane and Anne insisted that
we pile into the carriage
and take a trip to the sea –
the last time I’d left the house.
I didn’t feel much like going
but let them force the issue.
It was quite a longish day
and I was over-wearied
when we finally returned.
I swear, while there, that I saw
a white bird dive arrow-straight
into the sea and fly out
with a small fish in its mouth.
That’s when I first had the dream;
and since then on many nights.
David Kelly
Sunset prayer
leaves rustle and shimmy
lizards seek their dens
black sheep close their eyes
owls blink awake
and a glum old couple
their grown son gone bad
sloth-shuffle to Vespers
David Kelly
Garden-girl
with your head down
in the young oxygen
as you fondled the stalks
unravelled the sap’s mood
and listened to the plant babies
singing to themselves
in their lush cradles
David Kelly
Two poems
eating a tree the Buddha grows to death
snowgrazing milk for two
petro c. k.
Bomb(l)ast
the vowels divide
by zero
Colleen M. Farrelly
Three poems
crowded with green shifting this flesh to make room
to a small white bowl adding another dead bee
worrying flower i sever my head
Lisa Espenmiller
Wolf
Huff and puff and I’ll blow
She collects the overspill straw from attempts at a crib
Huff and puff and I’ll blow
She collects all the sticks from the stick men game they got tired of playing
Huff and puff and I’ll blow
She sees it up there over chimney of brick
back hole
insert the moon
here
coral pink
the penny drops
no light
How weird was that a howl in the dark
Diana Webb
Woolly Hat
Diana Webb
