Latest Poems
Sonnet for Now
By Lena Mattheis
I often think about our space these days:
The world I touch has now become so small.
I think about how much we can erase
And lay skin-covered fingers on my wall…
Dawn
By Yuu Ikeda
My brain draws
dawn that I saw with you
The dawn was hope
that I could run toward
new colors
The dawn was hope
that I could swim
even in despairing desert
Pandemic Tanka
By Rose Menyon Heflin
Echoing laughter
The bus stop across the street
People are waiting
Giggling through the pain and fear
Discussing the new normal
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