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Ice

by on Apr 23, 2018

Our coldest snap
in fifty years
I skated then
on frozen lakes
with not a thought
of broken ice;
this time around
on solid earth
i dread the thought
of broken bones.

 

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Mike Gallagher, an Irish poet, lived in London for forty years. His poetry has been published worldwide and translated into six languages. He won the Michael Hartnett Viva Voce award in 2010 and 2016, the Desmond O’Grady International award in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Hennessy award in 2011. His collection Stick on Stone was published by Revival Press in 2013.

the darkest

by on Apr 18, 2018

 

the darkest
corner of a closet
cut upon cut

 

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Jan Benson is a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet living in Texas. Her work is in translation in seven languages. Jan is a member of The British Haiku Society, and Poetry Society of Texas. She has work listed in the Living Senryu Anthology and at The Haiku Foundation poet registry. @janbentx

summer’s end

by on Apr 13, 2018

 

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Hifsa Ashraf is from Pakistan. She writes short stories, and poetry in different languages (Urdu, English, and Punjabi). Her haiku, senryu, tanka, and haiga have been published in different online journals. She won third place in the Annual Tanka Contest 2017 by Mandy’s Pages. Her short stories have been published in a UK-based English magazine.

Fog

by on Apr 11, 2018

We are plodding up the hill to the school’s playground
and the three-year-old who peers through his black
ringlets to see the world is holding my mittened hand,
is interrupting my answer to ask his question a third time;
I will inhale slowly, answer him evenly, the same way, hoping this
time he will let it sink in. For real. We are walking through clouds.

 

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Meghan DePeau’s work has appeared in Right Hand Pointing, One Sentence Poems, Connecticut River Review, Common Ground Review, and Freshwater.  She won CGR’s annual poetry contest in 2016.  She also received the Outstanding Young Poet Award and won the annual writing contest at Manchester Community College in 2016.

rainy afternoon

by on Apr 10, 2018

 

rainy afternoon…
how scattered the sky
in all those puddles

 

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Praniti Gulyani is from New Delhi, India. She likes writing haiku and haibun and has work featured in many online journals including Modern Haiku and Bones Haiku Journal. Praniti has also had her work selected for publication in the Red Moon Anthology by Jim Kacian.

we’re still expecting

by on Apr 9, 2018

 

we’re still expecting
some survivors home
-paper smoke

 

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Chibųìhè Obi has been published in Brittle Paper, Expound Magazine, Praxis, The Kalahari Review etc. A Pushcart nominee, he’s the winner of the Brittle Paper Anniversary Award, The Inaugral Babishai Niwe Haiku Prize, and currently on the Gerald Kraak award shortlist. He teaches Literature to high school students and is experimenting with micropoetry and minimalist photography.