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golden flecks of eyes
canvass his territory –
the scent of canned fish
Patricia Carragon is the author of Stranger on the Shore (Human Error Publishing), Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press), Meowku (Poets Wear Prada), The Cupcake Chronicles (Poets Wear Prada), and Innocence (Finishing Line Press), all Available on Amazon.com, and editor of Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal.
broken umbrella
dislocated ribs – sidewalk
still slick with curses
E. C. Traganas is the author of the haiku collection Shaded Pergola.
http://www.elenitraganas.com/
southern hemisphere
… is this ceiling fan going
to fall onto me?!
An awkward wellness…
A mass thronged at the clinic
smiles, panting sadly.
urbex with a friend
in the abandoned prison
the wild sunflowers
Leaves between our feet
Autumn drowsing peacefully
Crows slicing the air
we were thick as thieves
two sisters by blood not bond
once upon a time
Linda M. Crate has eighteen published chapbooks the latest being:
crescent moon (Fae Corps Publishing, July 2026)
Obediently,
The tree kneels to its mistress,
The sadistic wind.
autumn loneliness
a worn-out collar and leash
left by the front door
neither water sprite
nor fairy he is much more:
human… and my muse
James Penha’s story collection Queer As Folk Tales is out now
(Deep Desires Press).
