Ant love

is tiny love
shorter than grass
on the way to a picnic
hoping for a watermelon rind
it can carry

© 2010, K.M.A. Sullivan

killing green-heads

my bound notebook
could be used to write poetry
but not today

© 2010, K.M.A. Sullivan

Into You

You, hardened poets
brains in your fingertips
pounding on your keyboards
shattering words
into blood.

© 2010, Rose Auslander

The Poet’s Unfinished Ballad

Who else would wish to paint in black and white,
With twenty-six tools,
And too many rules,
And bring anything to light?

© 2010, Ashley M. Baldon

Untitled

Twitter-form poems
Batter against closed windows–
A brisk winter wind.

© 2009, Stewart Baker

Bus stop

Snow falls silently, sending molars into a snare drum roll.

© 2009, Jenni B. Baker

In Love or Whatever

The snowman is missing a nose,
he’s sad he’s missing a nose,
he’s sad because he can’t smell
you in the morning.

© 2009, Gregory Sherl

Having Eaten Plastic Fruit

The moon calls me names, calls
me a monster in the daylight,
calls me an abbreviation of my former self.

© 2009, Gregory Sherl

Kill the Beast

We know too much of post-
And not enough of pre-

© 2009, Ben Nardolilli

10/20/08

St. George slayed the dragon with a spear,
Now his church kills rats with powder.

© 2009, Ben Nardolilli