&

spring tide
the rib cage
of a shipwreck

Tom Painting

when yes
          means yes:
                      spring peepers

Lee Gurga

in the red wagon
my brother and I bring home
our stiff cat

Charlotte Digregio

with me
under the mosquito netting
a mosquito

Mykel Board

blue moon
the trumpet player leans
into his tune

Lori A Minor

them
not me
the obituaries

Fred Andrle

bare feet . . .
friends with those
pebbles now

Shreya Narang

thirty-year friendship
trumped

Gary Evans

I float in warm surf—
overhead a wave
of pelican bellies

Ruth Yarrow

the badge
of a second band-aid . . .
tree fort

Michele L. Harvey

Putting Christmas
back in
its box

Alexis Rotella

wedding dinner—
blue rubber bands
on the lobster's claws

Robert B McNeill