finding parallels. (Collab with Star) (7) 5

by prasanna

“Blood marbles the sky”, you say quietly...
I peek at the evening sky, a dramatic red...

Pairs (Senryu) 4

by BOB GALLO

You complete me so
because I am nothing and...

in the mood for love. (1) 4

by prasanna

I become a profligate writer in all matters of...
I'm compelled to start a religion, write all the...

why cannot I run with you? (2) 2 WIN

by Shruti

last monday I read a story about a girl running...
and all night I worried about you taking off...

there's no recovery through osmosis (4) 5

by Star

they’re suffocating,
the memories of us...

have a little faith in me. (6) 8 HM

by Poet on the Piano

grief is a rusted faucet
i keep checking...

what do you know about love, anyway? 4

by prasanna

The cruelest is yet to come—you’re incapable...
is that too bold of me to claim...

Prisoners (4) 4

by D.

an invasion of
loaded questions...

On the Carousel of Words (2) 3

by BOB GALLO

In that cafe I penned my poems
pinned a living butterfly of my heart...

letters. 7 WIN

by prasanna

I cram bits of the loneliness in letters—I...
stamp them, get dressed in a nice outfit, and make...

a moment of tenderness. 3

by prasanna

To love you—is to resign to a fate of...
you macerate all things in life to the point of it...

born of wax wings 4 HM

by prasanna

Please don’t gaze upon me with pitiful eyes,
loneliness is parallel to love—there are no...