by William Doreski
A flare on a dark horizon
draws our attention inland.
Something metallic is happening,
something more primal than war.
You want to slap on a backpack
heavy with food and munitions
and hike to the edge of things,
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Tag: nature
Sphinx Street
by Glen Armstrong
It has barbs but doesn’t cling,
seeps through one’s shoes
like puddle water.
It once slowed down to listen
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Turning Disasters Off: Backyard Edition
by Terry Trowbridge
You can’t cut back on funding! You will regret this!
– Transportation Advisor, SimCity 2000
Beetle
3 scenes
foraging.
by Tauwan Patterson
after Ross Gay
among the delights of his delight.
pecans. a memory unplugged via his:
a backyard in new orleans. a pecan tree
dropping its nuts. an invitation
Read More »The Sorites Paradox
by Lena Ho
If I take a grain of sand
And steal it from a heap
Away from a mountain
That hum the stars to sleep
Is it still a heap?
Tall Child
by Taya Wynn
Sometimes I still am the child who never cried:
both brand new and weary
screwing fists into white-knuckled pacifiers
seething with anger
before she could even comprehend what it was.
on littleness
Inner thoughts and creativity of our mind are boundless
by Ruqia Ali
Unbounded thoughts like birds in the sky,
Flowing waters that never run dry.
Silent reserve, where introversion dwells,
Crafting tunes, like soft chimes and bells.
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