Huuklyeand Cinquor on The Canon

Wherein

The explosive self

Propelled

Poet refuses

To remain

A projectile forever.

Moderator’s comments: Nice to see Cinquor’s back; his prolonged silence

had me thinking he’d  maybe shot his wad, but this all-out frontal assault on the canon is fiery evidence he’s still balling the jack.

Wingless Victory

Nothing to lose

But misery

And that hapless

Longing for flight.

Why Johnny Appleseed Did Not Need a Global Positioning Device

North

East

Wind’s bearing

Crabapple flowers

South

West

Definitely Not Lemmings #33

A hearty welcome to Kristine Ong Muslim, who comes to us from The Philippines. Besides holding a degree in chemical engineering, she has also published more than six hundred stories and poems in over four hundred magazines. More information here.

Grassroots Movement

Though the slithering

Forked tongued snake

Neither hears nor speaks,

Aside from hissing at any

Clear and present danger,

If we keep our eyes

On the tall, swaying grass

Through which it moves

Effortlessly, it will tell us as much

About maneuvering left and right

As any cold-blooded,

Deaf-mute politician.