&

waiting
for test results . . .
the kettle whistles

Betsy Hearne, Urbana, IL

now that I'm old and sick
everyone saying
    how good I look

John Brehm, Portland, OR

wash cycle
an apology comes out
all wrong

David Jacobs

winter roundup
running low
on zip ties

Ross Neher, New York, NY

icy morning
all he knows about cars
in that casket

Robert Epstein, Berkeley, CA

on both sides of the fence first snow

petro c.k., Seattle, WA

stolen sunlight
a butterfly frisks
the wisteria

Brad Bennett, Arlington, MA

Route 66
beaten to the stop sign
by a tumbleweed

John J. Dunphy, Alton, IL

frosty and santa
on the driveway
summer sale

Susan Farner, Urbana, IL

milkweed leaf
a butterfly sheds
its deadname

Annette Makino, Arcata, CA

beekeeper's wife
whispering her loss
to the hive

Terri L. French, Huntsville, AL

digging up dahlias
trying to avoid
our old dog

Jacob Blumner, Flint, MI

what's left
of the forest
telephone poles

Ben Gaa, St. Louis, MO