The tombstones bask, reptilian, in the east-rising sun.
Young grass, clipped low and tight stands obedient-
each blade recruited stiff and attentive;
like good green soldiers. Continue reading The pH of post-Humous Soup by Jennifer Creedon
Tag Archives: death
Diving In by Jennifer Ruth Jackson
I swung from the ledge, arms and legs
wrapped around the thick, fuzzy rope like a lover
screaming as I launched toward water. Continue reading Diving In by Jennifer Ruth Jackson
Spring Bride by Sue Phillips
The snow in Spring drifts like a feather quilt
With patches, here and there, of leaf and bloom Continue reading Spring Bride by Sue Phillips
Afterthought by Ali Jones
Please consider this a note of apology.
We didn’t know that you were the last. Continue reading Afterthought by Ali Jones
Bleak Row by Laura Potts
After the first, my star still north and rising,
they patched his purse of blood-burst skin,
my sleeping bud and starless. Continue reading Bleak Row by Laura Potts