&

just like home
socks
under her hospital bed

Mark Teaford

under stars our sleeping bags touching

Joseph P. Wechselberger

the talk . . .
dad actually uses the word
gazongas

Aaron Barry

Labor Day
holding up my end
of the piano

J. Zimmerman

virtual Thanksgiving
finally
at the grown-up table

Caroline Giles Banks

saying nothing
at the funeral
let them believe it's grief

Joseph Robello

road trip
we drive each other
crazy

kjmunro

every sniffle
is suspect
the deepening snowdrifts

Carrie Ann Thunell

Easter brunch
even the teen
is risen

Annette Makino

leaving her
                  and her
balloon animals

paul m.

grain silo . . .
the silence in
a Hopper painting

Angela Terry

trumpet jazz
street birds pull apart
a beignet

Bryan Rickert

another try
with the plunger
election week

Christopher Patchel

election day—
measuring the distance
between us

Sondra J. Byrnes