Words drop, disconnect and die
as the babbling blather breaks.
Misandroid 2.0
Author: Mary Mills
Mary Mills is a teacher of world languages. She has translated poetry from German to English, and her work, Voices of Theresienstadt, has appeared in Pacific Coast Philology. She also dabbles in poetry forms. Her version of an extended haiku is on www.newgrange.com as “Winter Solstice at Newgrange.” Her sestina, "SOMA" has appeared in The Potomac: A Journal of Poetry and Politics.
Rough Ride
“Rose, watch little Al while I go to the store and get a few things for dinner. I won’t be but an hour,” called Jenny Wilkinson.
A Garden Grows
Christ wears a gas mask,
shudders as Putin’s machine
Feline Fright
All too often, cats are underrated and underappreciated. Jasper is a cat who demands to be valued.
Anti-Catharsis 2.0
Prickly rains drench Mother Courage as she pulls her wagon in Central Park.
Who are we?
Are we
who we were
Very Used Mind
We bought his mind at a garage sale.
It can jump from one thing to the
Misandroid’s Missteps
Words drop, disconnect and die.
Yet the babbling blather continues.
2020 Night Vision
Tyranny Tastes Terror.
Reactionary Roars Resound
It’s Time
A fragile reflection bounces off the mirror as a soft, dulled image lulled by a slow, backward pull away from pain.
Closeted
The circle grows smaller as each throb conspires
to rob my fingertips of feeling.
MAGNA
Make America Great? Never Again!
Mexico, build that wall on your land we stole.
Misandroid
This sestina is about the current head of the American government.