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Special Feature — Word Poems
Poems containing the words lure, prayer, vinyl, and exit.

 

Three Poems
 
He became still. Nothing
mothered him.
His nightmares iced.
 
Clare L. Martin

 

Two Poems
 
Tonight the moon has a dog's face,
a slim green grin.
 
Jennifer Van Orman

 

Tidal Pool
 
In my head I have
pictures of cotton-sheer
birds fluttering on summer breezes
 
F. John Sharp

 

Two Poems
 
Before me, the balloon
of my brother's body inflates, deflates.
 
Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

 

As a grandfather waits to meet
 
whenever
a car passes by the window, his
smoke-wisp eyebrows curl into waves
 
Rohith Sundararaman

 

Two Poems
 
Keys need locks.
Locks still work without keys or am I
stating the obvious?
 
Jim Murdoch

 

Two Poems
 
Leather shoes on gravel: someone
comes through the front door. Slam.
 
Arlene Ang

 

Grass and Shadows
 
unsealed speech stirs open spaces
crows caw to catch the air
 
Barbara De Franceschi

 

Traveling Alone
 
Like a couple sharing the same hammock,
you would be immediately drawn
towards each other.
 
Bob Bradshaw