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Dog bodhisattvas  Mary Ann Petersen I’ve seen them wearing coats, wearing sweaters, riding in bike baskets, and shopping carts. Tied up outside stores, on concrete, waiting for their beloved. Dog bodhisattvas are not bogged down in dogma. They are not downward dogs.  Dog bodhisattvas are often harnessed for duty and wearing a badge or a

Judged by Penelope Scambly Schott 1st Honorable Mention: “She Smiles” by Christian Shute 2nd Honorable Mention: “It’s Mostly Complaining” by Philip Wilson 3rd Honorable Mention: “Seven Encounters with Rainbow” by Tuula Rebhahn Judge’s Comments When I read a poem I am hoping to see something that interests me and makes me feel some intensity about it.  I want a

Tuesdays But Also Sometimes Never by Brady Pearson I didn’t come to bed last night Someone needed to water The faux potted pothos you keep on your windowsill It was dying after all So I stayed up tending it A restless farmer, wearing a feather duster Tilling at windmills Poet’s Bio Brady Pearson is a

“She Seems Like a Nice Girl with a Mean Streak” by Eva Parish — The author as described by an ex-boyfriend’s mother How mean am I, do you imagine? What terrible things Do I do to your son every night (besides the ones He asks for)? Perhaps I make him watch the sappiest movies, Or

keeping up with the kardashians by Sophie App-Singer we got that blackgirlbutwhite calabasas okurrrr acrylic tips gleaming diamondlike under spotlight heatlamps lorde got postcode envy looking at us, & who wouldn’t we have it all & thats an understatement we steal who you are down to your skin & make it look easy goldleaf thinner

Judged by David Biespiel Oaklen’s Ode by Anastasia Blanchet Untitled by Lexis Sixel Hourglass & Obol by Alex Hart

When your Man’s a Drunk Joan Dobbie Life gets all twisted when your man’s a drunk That knot in your throat; that fist in your heart He’ll cling, cry and plead in his morning funk Life gets all twisted when your man’s a drunk You know you should leave him and all that junk But

O World David Hedges O world, you’re such a pretty place! More people should applaud your form, More should appreciate your face. O world, you’re such a pretty place— Your splendid attributes, your grace, Your constancy, beyond the norm. O world, you’re such a pretty place, More people should applaud your form. Poet’s Bio David

Mates Nita Countryman Seven mergansers drift in the calm— one swims to the side, apart. Black crowns bob on the trailing foam. Seven mergansers drift in the calm. Six birds move like swans in tandem, paired for a season in limerent heart. Seven mergansers drift in the calm. One swims to the side, apart. Poet’s