Shh! Trying to silence the narrative in my head.… Read More “SCRIPT REVISION by Joan Penn”

They say it’s distance – the stars so far, the planets near – the weak light bending as it hits the atmosphere, and the planets lacking their own light, instead reflecting the strong light of the sun.… Read More “WHY STARS TWINKLE AND PLANETS DON’T by Judith Mikesch-McKenzie”

I’m stapling anger by its ear to the corkboard but it refuses to stay put I’m thumbtacking fear and nailing jealousy but they wriggle and writhe on the wall Duct tape works well on shame and regret but even extreme stickiness won’t fix them in place I’m running out of supplies to keep my emotions in check Hope and love better get here soon  

I left home, I drove and drove Beyond the town Through desert dry; A man was walking By the road As I went speeding by; I waved my hand And he waved back; The moment passed And he was gone.… Read More “THE DESERT by Walter Weinschenk”

I know what they told you About me.… Read More “COVID VOICE by John Sime”

Listen, listen.… Read More “THE SILENCE THAT IMPRISONS ME by Joan Penn”

not always a serene serendipitous flow at times startling surprising saturated with submerged highs and lows sensation of sailing and sinking shipwrecked stranded exposed   as mind’s eye is flooded with images of existence’s many what-ifs as if arising on a tidal river current reversing flowing backward unsettling sediment of buried history refuting revision it is what it was time and tide have not altered it   the joys the sorrows the passions the regrets the successes the failures life’s trash and life’s treasure unconsciously salvaged manifesting as sensory seeing hearing tasting touching feeling a recognition of self comprised of   former selves swimming swimming swimming in a stream of consciousness somehow surviving startling and surprising

Tell us your whereabouts when the blue macaw went extinct?… Read More “INTERROGATION ROOM A by Chris Banks”

From a decade away I could see the Shimmer of heat from your Barbecue.… Read More “BEFORE WE MET by Julie Benesh”

How to Carpe Diem or scarper tedium put on your walking shoes let your feet carry you where they will follow sunshine follow rainbows enjoy the steady rhythm of planting one foot in front of the other take a break take a breath just go

When you enter a hospital You are in a new world requiring adaptation to navigate the environment Curtains on rolling tracks Provide a modest nod To privacy.… Read More “HOSPITAL WAYFINDING by Jennifer Dotson”

Dear Mr.… Read More “MR. GUTENBERG RESPECTFULLY DECLINES MR. ZUCKERBERG’S FRIEND REQUEST by Gloria Heffernan”