after the fire ponderosa pines graph the forecast
you and me a log that won’t catch
garden wealth we force zucchini on everyone
the surprise of late love heirloom peaches
unless it is too late summer roses
summers end the split-bellied figs fill with wasps
Welcome to a new issue and congratulations to our three writing prompt winners, Sam Bateman, Dave Bonta, and Rich Schilling, whose poems appear below.
Submissions to TINYWORDS 25.2 are now open AUGUST 1-31, 2025. And we have a new writing prompt.
the chill in the mannequin’s eyes end of summer sale
roaming the boardwalk to the end of summer romance
beach resort hotel the gift shop price of a sand dollar
neon puddles
the whoosh of traffic
on a summer night
the whoosh of traffic
on a summer night
neon puddles the whoosh of traffic on a summer nighttinywords
three beach chairs empty, but for one first star
independence day a sweep of egrets over the twilit lake
inlet sunset
fog tendrils trailing
the last lobster boat
fog tendrils trailing
the last lobster boat
inlet sunset fog tendrils trailing the last lobster boattinywords
Summer afternoon a Bach sonata cools the air