ah-choo, ah-choo
the first flu signs
taking nasal drops
# 01. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
Mountain Top NSW, Australia
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
ah - choo!
under the covers all alone
ah - chooo . . .
# 04. Betty Kaplan
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
gushing grey
gutters-
a runny nose
# 05. Terra Martin, CA
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
midnight chill
your sizzling lips
in my dream
# 08. Victor Gendrano, US
0 0 1 = 1 9TH Place
cups of chicken broth
ease fever and pain—
winter prescription
# 10. John Daleiden
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
hot vapours
honey and menthol
to soothe her aching throat
# 11. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
Mountain Top NSW, Australia
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
cold night
beneath your cloak hides
my loneliness
# 16. Victor Gendrano, US
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
wintry chills
wishing for springtime
her body aches
# 18. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
Mountain Top NSW, Australia
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
snow plows scrape
she hugs her middle
waits for May
# 19. Rich Magahiz
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
the cough
in the waiting room
does not desert him
# 25. Jeffery Woodward, US
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
drip - drip - drip
not the kitchen sink
my red nose
# 30. Betty Kaplan, US
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
a gift of a snowball snowman—
the smell of measles
sweet on his skin
# 32. usumomiji
Jennie Townsend
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place
Achoo achoo
and a temperature too ~
oh no the flu
# 33. Gerry Bravi, CA
0 0 1 = 1 9th Place