Month: April 2023

THIS MOON-SHAPED BOY BY PAM VAP

He stands in the batter’s box                             the boy was born quickly Digs in with his cleats                                        eighteen years ago Solid arms hold the wooden bat                        wrinkled,...

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WAITING BY SARAH WOOD

I could swear there’s a ghost in the cloudless night because I feel someone, something. An inky hawk against the moon peeks into the lacy trees. (He’s not now searching for the mouse.) A cerulean shadow speaks of the unseen. Am...

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ON A HOOK BY SARAH WOOD

Your eyelid twitches on this night Out with him whom I just met. He pretended not to see me or hear you. You’re an opera singer cranking pop tunes To keep him comfy. A shock of your hair Would escape. (But no, I mustn’t kid...

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STAY HUNGRY BY JIM EVANS

The streets Are a young man’s Game They Say But even the Young break Down, crumple Little left But rubble We’re not What we Were Little of What we Thought We’d be Our blood’s Thinning as Humanity Marches On There are Some out...

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LIVING WORDS BY YOLANDA ELDER

It is good to Describe Trees and leaves Mountains high Flowers blooming Love….love….love Laughing children Frozen creeks Dancing joyously Life beautify Harshness Hurtfulness Anger, pain Suffering ways Awareness Awakening Again a...

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