Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

after watching chirin’s bell, a haibun by Anthony Lusardi

mom, the stars tonight are not what they seem but so, so long ago. so all our wishes were futile. those disney movies told us nothing but lies. and those that did come true were just coincidence or luck.

yet as your granddaughters still make their wishes, i do not have the nerve to tell them this truth. for the illusion of hope is magical enough. especially for any grown-up who is lucky enough to keep their inner child and still believe that there are other ways to achieve your wishes. just like how there are ways to achieve your dreams. right out of the same night sky that illuminates them into reality.

                        shepherd’s flock

                        a few lambs with no bells—

                        my mother’s last wish

Patricia Haddock

kneading

yowling—

4:00 am

—Patricia Haddock

Helen Buckingham

vision

waning

cataract moon

—Helen Buckingham

Tonya Hall

friendship

a ping-pong match

in the making

—Tonya Hall

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Kavita Ratna

autumn twilight

train windows morph

into mirrors

—Kavita Ratna

Ravi Kiran

enough space

inside the coffin

her favourite book

—Ravi Kiran


one leaf at a time

a maple unveils

the sky

 —Ravi Kiran

Alvin B. Cruz

not if but when autumn leaves

—Alvin B. Cruz


komorebi

the warmth of her

side of the bed

—Alvin B. Cruz

Thomas Landgraf

just when

i want to sleep in

a magpie

—Thomas Landgraf

Ann Sullivan

 lilac sunday

    how quickly

          it passes

—Ann Sullivan


mum's sewing bag

threading her needle

thirty years later

—Ann Sullivan

Bipasha Majumder (De)

war news

the bare boughs of

a cherry tree

—Bipasha Majumder (De)

Pippa Phillips

mountain path—

a loose stone 

in my thoughts

—Pippa Phillips

Christine Forbes

winter greenhouse

the hush

of sleeping seeds

—Christine Forbes

Jerome Berglund

buried 

up to neck 

beach reading 

—Jerome Berglund

Paul Lobo Portugés

moonlight falls

the young widower 

crying for his cat

—Paul Lobo Portugés

Oscar Luparia

seed catalogue

in his hands

next summer's stories

—Oscar Luparia


(in memory of my father-in-law)


Chen-ou Liu

the time it takes

for my aging beagle

to close his eyes—

crumbled dog-treat pieces

left in my jean pocket

—Chen-ou Liu

Thomas David

sudden downpour 

the stone buddha 

still laughing

—Thomas David


passing fog—

seeing the forest

through the trees

—Thomas David

Douglas J. Lanzo

silence

a wren pauses

by its empty nest

—Douglas J. Lanzo

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Laurie Greer

common violets

a churchyard strewn

with twilight

—Laurie Greer

Gopal Lahiri

half-moon—

the shadow walks

with my valentine

—Gopal Lahiri 


evening gloom—

another day

of blank pages

—Gopal Lahiri

Belinda Behne

a mockingbird

alights on frozen reeds

still singing

—Belinda Behne

Audrey Quinn

scratched inside

an old notebook

his name

—Audrey Quinn

Mile Lisica

light rain

in a small tulip

the butterfly hiding

—Mile Lisica

Janet Ruth

chemo leaving her cold the blanket flower bouquet

—Janet Ruth

Earl Livings

just sitting…

the twirling slowness

of leaf fall

—Earl Livings

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