The following cherita were first published in Issue 103 of the cherita, the evening rush, in 2025. The second poem was awarded a cherita lighthouse for excellence.

the robotic

street performer

is not amused

remembering

how American

we were

paper factory

the loneliness

of 3 a.m.

amber streetlights

wash

the empty street

The following cherita were first published in Issue 102 of the cherita, the stone, in 2025.

tomato

hornworm

coated in cocoons

I pluck them off

thinking

myself kind

newborn girl

a cardinal

alights

on the windowsill

I never knew

my wife’s baba

The following cherita was published in Issue 98 of the cherita, i spy, in 2025. The poem was awarded a cherita lighthouse for excellence.

swirling dreamscapes

I awaken

yet my good arm still sleeps

pins and needles

bleed into

knives and spears

The following cherita were first published in Issue 97 of the cherita, my heart, 2025.

Sisyphus

rolling a snowball

uphill

tired

I take a seat

and it collapses

all-consuming darkness

the river

choked with ice

Christmas lights

twinkle desperately

casting meager shadows

The following cherita were first published March 25, 2025 in issue 97, my h e a r t, of the cherita.

Sisyphus

rolling a snowball

uphill

tired

I take a seat

and it collapses

* * *

all-consuming darkness

the river

choked with ice

Christmas lights

twinkle desperately

casting meager shadows