even in death there’s something on her mind wriggling maggots — Kimberly Kuchar

gentle ding from the elevator coffin drop — Grace Mckie

draped in faux fur cloakroom ghost — Roberta Beach Jacobson

dust devil blood smear over the urinal — Jerome Berglund

ants trampled by bison prairie song — Roberta Beach Jacobson

death bed I fluff the pillows for someone else — Roberta Beach Jacobson

moth wings parting and shutting the night — Vishal Prabhu

eye sockets the crow peers on the inside — Vishal Prabhu

comedian’s wake the casket lid closes to canned laughter — John Hawkhead

white sage the mummified cat’s open mouth — Rowan Beckett Minor

college town the hitchhiking student no one else sees — Rowan Beckett Minor

puzzle the sharp-hooked talons open — Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

spiralling snowflakes that never quite settle a small white coffin — John Hawkhead

cornfield at night the rustling noises come to a stop — Alper Ghuchlu

whistling down alleys the wind fetches rats — Tony Williams

now the rot has begun a quietness in me — Tony Williams

harvest moon— the wind strips the scarecrow’s secrets — Ron Nhim

church cemetery— the crows eulogize what’s still breathing — Ron Nhim

dead on time he let the grass grow over his feet — John Hawkhead

many shades of dark a song of desolation fills the crow’s fable — John Hawkhead

dead romantic her late husband nibbles on more than her neck — Tracy Davidson

coming out of his shell a skeleton — John Hawkhead

far off stare the lighthouse keeper’s fatal slip — Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

uninvited guest growing louder — the knock in my knees — Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

water snake giving up the ghost tongue lashing — Randy Brooks

a block from the cemetery . . . blood drips into the crankshaft — Roberta Beach Jacobson

insomnia poems adding to the narrative of my shadow self — Kelly Sargent

root bound peace lily the fear of letting go of the fear — Kelly Sargent

nameless dead . . . the fireweed’s color coming in — Nicholas Klacsanzky

3:00AM the brown widow slowly into my mouth — Joshua St. Claire

a drop of blood in the corner of her mouth apple blossoms — Joshua St. Claire

amongst headstones the rowan tree drips with red — Melissa Dennison

dead meat... the stinger still in its tail — Katherine E Winnick

electrical storm . . . night clouds flash with clashing spells — Chad Lee Robinson

charging phantom the thousand cuts of a cold wind — Chad Lee Robinson

spirit level the coffin hits bottom — John Hawkhead

more alive than me tonight the undead — Scott Wiggerman

Hinamatsuri the imperial guard dolls raise their swords — Jackie Chou

mattock head flies off on the back swing last blood-pressure spike — David C. Kopaska-Merkel

graveyard fog the jawbone grins without lips — C.X. Turner

night river a bone white hand rowing itself — C.X. Turner

rusted barbed wire another twist of her scrunchie — Mark Gilbert

bolting spinach the ghost’s bitter touch — Mark Gilbert

in a child’s drawing, the foot of the bed just underground — Michael Nickels-Wisdom

flossing his teeth with her hair tinder date — Amber Winter

night forest the centaurs exchange their appendages — Jackie Chou

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