Susan Burch

the first taste

of summer

sipping lemonade

so tart

it made our lips pucker

Susan Burch

By Florin C. Ciobica

a warm breeze

slipping through the pines...

voices from childhood

Florin C. Ciobica

By Tim Murphy

summer stroll

the sharp sounds

of garden clippers

Tim Murphy

Susan Burch

a line of elephants

linked from trunk to tail

why aren’t we

protecting ourselves

and each other

Susan Burch

By Florin C. Ciobica

dawn chill...

the garden dwarf's urge

for a fairy tale

Florin C. Ciobica

By Tim Murphy

sunny morning

an ant carries a piece of bark

across the sidewalk

Tim Murphy

By David He

day moon...

the last words

he says to his wife

David He

Alvin B. Cruz

counting the stars another lottery ticket

Alvin B. Cruz

Katherine E Winnick

handmade doll

a different culture

every birthday

Katherine E Winnick

By Anthony Ward

Butterfly wings

Of stained glass

Recycling light

Anthony Ward

By Benedetta Cardone

tumbling air –

a butterfly

no longer in sight

Benedetta Cardone

By Janet Ruth

birthday gift

my sixty-fifth chance

to get it right

Janet Ruth

By Nani Mariani

for some reason

full moon memories

beautiful to remember

like mom's message

to keep smiling

Nani Mariani

By Kath Abela Wilson

my mother

that flash of forever

in her eyes

Kath Abela Wilson

By Marilyn Ashbaugh

lost

I return home

to grandmother's iris

Marilyn Ashbaugh

Maya Daneva

evening rain

my son wants me to stop

the lullaby

Maya Daneva

By Veronika Zora Novak

your fragrance

eclipses the moon . . .

night jasmine

Veronika Zora Novak

By Mirela Brăilean

scream

of a newborn baby

over noise of bombs



Mirela Brăilean

By Antonio Mangiameli

first kiss —

the fresh taste

of chewing-gum



Antonio Mangiameli

By David He

moonlight—

a stray dog

follows my bike

David He

John Hawkhead

obituary column

my old teacher’s name

in the register

John Hawkhead

By Kamrun Nahar

for every experiment

we choose…

a monkey

Kamrun Nahar

By Ram Chandran

receding waves

wipe out all the footprints...

his dementia

Ram Chandran

Alvin B. Cruz

anger management my father's broken pencils

 

Alvin B. Cruz

By David He

hazy moon...

Dad's tobacco smoke

mists my face

David He

Alvin B. Cruz

softly falling rain

we look out

the same window

in opposite

directions

Alvin B. Cruz

By Nani Mariani

full moon

the deepest silence of the night

in your grave

Nani Mariani

By Shane Huey

waxing gibbous moon

dangling on the edge of space

the fullness of life

Shane Huey

Lafcadio

clothes

flung on the floor—

summer heat

Lafcadio

By Yash Seyedbagheri

Truck sputters exhaust

front seat replete with crushed Coors

lilac scent long gone

Yash Seyedbagheri

By John Grey

solitary pawn

alone on a chessboard

where are all the others?

John Grey

By Tina Mowrey

mayfly down

may day

may day

Tina Mowrey

By JL Huffman

overdue

family gathering

sweeter than pie
 

JL Huffman

By Angiola Inglese

winds of war —

in front of the moon

wisp of smoke


Angiola Inglese

By Corey D. Cook

lockdown —

me

and my shadow

Corey D. Cook

By Samo Kreutz

deserted cottage...

those days I wasn't afraid

to dream

Samo Kreutz

By Douglas J. Lanzo

fading with sunset

line of refugees

blends into next day

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Hemapriya Chellappan

city morning bustle a pigeon’s bright red toes

Hemapriya Chellappan

By Kamrun Nahar

pair...

most often

we use for shoes

Kamrun Nahar

By Ken Slaughter

one way out

the train

I didn’t take

Ken Slaughter

By Krzysztof Kokot

Radetzky March —

old gentleman suddenly

opens his eyes

Krzysztof Kokot

By Anette Chaney

blue-eyed grass labels don't define me

Anette Chaney

Lafcadio

ocean breeze—

the taste of salt

on your lips

Lafcadio

By R. Gerry Fabian

Late afternoon sun

casts elongated shadows—

burnt brown grass

R. Gerry Fabian

By Refika Dedić

month

of shame

without occurrence

Refika Dedić

By Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

unwinding

the hose

summer garden

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

By Barrie Levine

wishing well . . .

peering into the depths

of myself

Barrie Levine

Lafcadio

lullaby--

the girl singing softly

to herself

Lafcadio

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

the air in my lungs a storm

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Bisshie

cuckoo

in the sparrows’ nest

her ginger hair

Bisshie

By Paula Sears

falling from the branches

a second time

spring rain

Paula Sears

By Christopher Peys

black sand beach

wave after wave

oil spill

Christopher Peys

By B. L. Bruce

over the black mountain

so close

laughing moon

B. L. Bruce

By B.A. France

cloud covered moon

long evening

in search of solace

B.A. France

By Nani Mariani

Moonlight 

among the stars

I am still single



Nani Mariani

By Uchechukwu Onyedikam

red moon

behind dark cloud

blushing

Uchechukwu Onyedikam

By Yasir Farooq

new moon

a star descends

on her palm

Yasir Farooq

By Pearl Pirie

icicles

in moonlight

the stars

 

Pearl Pirie

Mike Gallagher

staggering home

a young moon afloat

in the ditch

Mike Gallagher

By David Oates

in the diet app

logging Jack Daniels

under snacks

David Oates

By Joshua St. Claire

black raspberry pie

grandmother asks

if it changed me

Joshua St. Claire

By Ivan Gacina

Caribbean Sea . . .

the depths of the voiceless sky

in her eyes

Ivan Gacina

Lafcadio

memory loss—

the words fading

one page at a time

Lafcadio

By Paula Sears

pencil shards

in the sharpener

lost haiku

Paula Sears

Chen-ou Liu

winter light

my dog-eared journal filled

with could-have-beens

Chen-ou Liu

C.X. Turner

forest path

collecting poems

I find my way

C.X.Turner

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

crow...

one of us

knows freedom

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Lafcadio

tornado warnings--

the unseen wind

inside my cage

Lafcadio

By Peter Jastermsky

a handful of shells family reunion

Peter Jastermsky

By Keith Evetts

all said and done the sun

Keith Evetts

By Sushama Kapur

overcast her eyes breaking storm 

Sushama Kapur

By John J. Dunphy

his fake ID

set afire with a candle from

his birthday cake

John J. Dunphy

By Deborah P Kolodji

before the buzz

wasp nest

in the eaves



Deborah P Kolodji

By Minal Sarosh

daybreak the pigeon’s eyes still red

Minal Sarosh

By Elyse Jancosko

the dog misjudges

the size of a stick

tree limb

Elyse Jancosko

By Ray Spitzenberger

the gecko

looks happy

am I?

Ray Spitzenberger

By Helen Ogden

lingering lupine

the purple haze of

deep regret

Helen Ogden

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

from away—

moving across oceans

for new roots

 

Susan Bonk Plumridge

Deborah A. Bennett

a life

well lived —

plum blossom

Deborah A. Bennett

Alvin B. Cruz

travel journal

I arrive 

at one haiku

Alvin B. Cruz

Mona Bedi

school reunion

our names still etched

on old desks

Mona Bedi

By Louise Hopewell

spring buds

a circle of prams

under the plum trees

Louise Hopewell

Tuyet Van Do

scent of a newborn—

a flower

blossoming

Tuyet Van Do

David Ngo

if only you could 

be a messenger of peace

dandelion

David Ngo

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Gutted houses

In the park of Kiev

late cyclamens



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Meera Rehm

war news 

the nightmare of the little boy 

on Hiroshima 

Meera Rehm

By Joe Sebastian

the sun on paper boats navigating childhood

 

Joe Sebastian

Agnes Eva Savich

Hubble deep field

all the great-grandparents

in my DNA

Agnes Eva Savich

Joseph P. Wechselberger

the uncle

I never met ...

unmarked grave

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Kathleen Trocmet

mid-summer breeze . . .

another beer drifts

in with the evening

 

Kathleen Trocmet

Joanna Ashwell

finding

a new place

barn owl
 

Joanna Ashwell

John Pappas

thunder

black crows 

behind a sheet of rain

John Pappas

By Mircea Moldovan

operating room raven's steel beak

Mircea Moldovan

By Elena Malec

May Day

the queen celebrates

the worker bees

Elena Malec

By Keith Evetts

Labour Day

between lines of washing

a glimpse of the sea

Keith Evetts