Rengay
A Midnight Grim
mirror, mirror
multiplying into
hundreds of me
the heated snort
of a white horse
christening
the knight’s armor
first blood
the frog
stays a frog
after the kiss
crows devour
a breadcrumb trail
the shoe
on the other foot
still doesn’t fit
Kimberly Kuchar, USA
& petro c. k. USA
Dark Matter
winter seclusion
the sky enunciates
each star
putting some light years
between us
empty house
some of the echoes
are you
attic bedroom
all to myself
the hunger moon
adding a pillow
to your side
elliptical
calculating the path
of your return
Kat Lehmann, USA
& Bryan Rickert, USA
Chicory and Lace
taking you home
I veer off
for your shoulders
a picnic lunch
in the rest area’s shady spot
not visible
from the road
a crumb on her lips
no need to ask
for directions . . .
this familiar journey
down to a dirt lane
in chicory and lace
creaking porch swing
the fireflies out
later than usual
Dan Schwerin, USA
& Julie Schwerin, USA
Tan-Renga
in the shelter
one central light source
huddled together
sold their house
to live in the car
Jerome Berglund, USA
& Christina Chin, Malaysia
wherever we go
there we are
greenhouse gases
frog in the old pond
slowly getting hotter
Jerome Berglund, USA
& petro c. k., USA
screenshots
doubling up
my weary frame rate
chroma keying
reshapes my image
R.C. Thomas, UK
& Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
meteor shower
the beliefs we hold
back
Fukitol
compounding our fate
Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
& R.C. Thomas, UK
Split Sequences
Casting of Lots
autumn rain
cloudburst—
a sudden chill
enters the room
their fetus still
hint of blue sky
the doctor’s halitosis
lingering
under her hands
broken life line
a sudden leap
towards destiny
Bisshie, Switzerland
& Peter Jastermsky, USA
Jack and Jill
her glass slipper
coming up short
what the mind
overpromises
crushes the blue pill…
captain charming
a rabbit replaces him
in her affection
shrivelled plums
in one’s hands
the rise of
low-hanging fruit
Bisshie, Switzerland
& Peter Jastermsky, USA
Clipped Wings
what’s become of me
barnacles . . .
one more week
of uncut toe nails
an elderly lady
dermo appointment . . .
asking about the rash
on my lifeline
offers her seat
new blood pressure med
the first question
below the belt
Richard L. Matta, USA
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