my favorite record
s k I p s
over and over

Brandy Bockewitz

hisses and pop!
the record player
repeats the same line

Debbie Myers

car radio oldies—
september rain
adds new rhythms

Debbie Myers

Susan Lucci’s monologue
iron marks
on your trousers

Melanie McLay

my favorite record
s k I p s
over and over

Susan Lucci’s monologue
iron marks
on your trousers

top quarter champion

Susan Lucci’s monologue
iron marks
on your trousers

top half champion

Susan Lucci’s monologue
iron marks
on your trousers

bottom quarter champion

coffee shop corner
my book
& I

another chip
found in grandma’s
century old tea set

coffee shop corner
my book
& I

leaking again
she tapes the crack
on grandma's kettle

Aubrie Cox

another chip
found in grandma’s
century old tea set

Amy Van Rheeden

coffee shop corner
my book
& I

Sam Sinkhorn

rainy day
she thumbs through
the yellowed pages

Aubrie Cox

top half champion

Susan Lucci’s monologue
iron marks
on your trousers
 

champion

Susan Lucci’s monologue
iron marks
on your trousers

bottom half champion

for a moment
I’m Peter Pan:
broken arm
 

keeping record
of dinners past—
my apron

Debbie Myers

she can barely walk
but I don’t want another
puppy

Brandy Bockewitz

for a moment
I’m Peter Pan:
broken arm

Melanie McLay

watching Peter Pan
the gruff cabbie
claps for Tinkerbell

Mark Beanblossom

keeping record
of dinners past—
my apron

for a moment
I’m Peter Pan:
broken arm

top quarter champion

for a moment
I’m Peter Pan:
broken arm

bottom half champion

for a moment
I’m Peter Pan:
broken arm

bottom quarter champion

my keyboard
missing an
but sti using it

my keyboard
missing an
but sti using it

stars go out
one by one
he still types

my keyboard
missing an
but sti using it

Brandy Bockewitz

writing letters
with a typewriter—
no mistakes so far

Debbie Myers

stars go out
one by one
he still types

Aubrie Cox

scratched gem
still
on her finger

Michelle Dixson