Oct/Nov 2023

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p o e t r y

Poetry


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Special Feature — Word Poems

Poems containing the words saw, deserve, grass, and heavy.
 

Snagged
(Spotlight Runner-Up!)

Jeffers sagged and clenched his fist,
his last chance for someone to pay
the penalty gone.

John Cullen
 

Watching the 50th Anniversary Edition of Star Trek, Drinking Coffee, and Thinking I'd Rather be on the Enterprise Instead

Uhura, in her skimpy uniform
with the black boots and tights

Deborah Doolittle
 

Gift of an African head

You were academic royalty, after a fashion, and I—I was
the son of peasants made good

Michael J. Galko
 

Sunflowers

It is big blue apathy all
around us.

Benjamin Nash
 

Collective

hives of specialized workers, each vital
breath drawn in concert across continents

Cathy Hollister