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| Issue 5: | October 2020 |
| Cherita: | 15 words |
| Senryu: | 10 words |
| Cherita: | 19 words |
By Cynthia Anderson
Three Micro-Poems
gentrification
new neighbors drive
Mercedes
and Teslas
what we moved here
to steer clear from
road to ruin
thinking about you
I take a detour
in my life
I’ve seen a comet
or two
at ungodly hours
now I’m willing
to wait 7,000 years
Cynthia Anderson
lives in the Mojave Desert. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Spillway, Crab Creek Review, Apercus, Askew, San Pedro River Review, Mojave River Review, The Coil, and Split Rock Review, among others. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of nine poetry collections and co-editor of the anthology A Bird Black As the Sun: California Poets on Crows & Ravens.
Author’s website: www.cynthiaandersonpoet.com
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