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To catch a wolf
become the wolf
where tracks lead distant
to trails beyond

His nose on fire
and fangs bare fronted
to follow closely
all fear withdrawn  

He marks each turning
with blood ill letted  
to lure the hunter
on death’s foray

This sojourn ends  
in wooded darkness
to enter once
— your fate to prey

(Beartooth Mountain: August, 2025)
 Aug 24 Chloe
Aditya Roy
From songbirds that sang sweet
Out of the thick of trees
And their music flowed
With the melody of crackling leaves

Their voices reached out clear
Fall's branches touching the sudden drizzle
I heard them all
Before they were lost to time

When the mind is gone
An audacious soul remains
It holds up these pillars of dust
Year after year
 Aug 24 Chloe
Mitch Prax
?
 Aug 24 Chloe
Mitch Prax
?
Do you ever
reread your words
and think,
"****,
what is wrong
with me?"
 Aug 24 Chloe
Dr Peter Lim
I'm my own permission
I need no one's sanction
 Aug 24 Chloe
Dr Peter Lim
I know my place
your hint is obvious
I'll not stay longer
lest you think it's odious
 Aug 24 Chloe
Carlo C Gomez
delphinium migrant blue,
and into night
we follow,
toward the residue
of morning,
where there's no time
limit to grief.

you wake with
electric intervals,
something's wrong
with yesterday,
in your head are
galaxies like grains of salt,
and they fill up the sky.

these red metallic balloons,
that come to you
when you are ripped open,
whether it’s by pain
and heartache
or you’re falling in love,
these you can’t close
yourself off to.

but what you actually want
is to bypass them,
and try to reach that
dawn serenade,
which is floating
above them,
as if golden electric ribbons
which don’t
demand repayment.
Writing poetry is like making love:
if you have to force it, stop.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS
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