121213

don't look
to hear from me tomorrow
I'm sure I'll
walk under a ladder
where a black cat darts between my feet
as I stoop to pick up a penny
but it's face down
in unluckamuck
and
you know the rest

121113

can u write a 5-second poem?
not well

DN 39 Contents

Dreams and Nightmares 39

December 1992

table of contents

Marge Simon, Tyra, and Cathy Buburuz, cover illustration
Jacie Ragan, What kind of cook
Keith Allen Daniels, fragments of a shattered glass werewolf poem
D. F. Lewis, Migrations of the heart
Wendy Rathbone, Dreaming a star-farer to life
Vogn, the lemur lunch
Jonathan Yungkans, Bad Vintage
David Lunde, James Sallis, M. L. Brannock Lunde, Jane Rose, Night-Blooming Heart
Ann K. Schwader, No evil star
Stan Proper, Sharp edge
Keith Allen Daniels, Sestina for the silver one
Mark Kreighbaum, Binding Forces
steve sneyd, The holiday of a death-time
Dick Dahlstrom, back cover illustration


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121013

if it wasn't for entropy
the economy would collapse
but not our stuff

120913

three weeks is a long time
without words
cept for a buzzy skype
happy birthday
still working on goodies
as per sop

120813

Dutiful Son


time-dilated
Chanukah poem
hundredth birthday surprise

next one read graveside
by her great-great-greats

120713

chimes
as a measure of velocity
cold blast