the fear
of covid, still stuck in mind
and heart...
even in dreams
I
look for a mask
Hassane Zemmouri
the fear
of covid, still stuck in mind
and heart...
even in dreams
I
look for a mask
Hassane Zemmouri
having played hide and seek
summer day long
sun
looks for the moon
Lakshman Bulusu
pressed
behind
glass
our youth
Gavin
Austin
*
the
other side
of rain
magpie song
Gavin
Austin
on the beach
her pregnant belly
its
own sunrise
Perry L. Powell
*
sudden rainstorm
miles offshore
the
depths of your eyes
Perry L. Powell
night
pearl —
the little turtle comes out
from the
egg
Steliana Cristina Voicu
springtime—
ripples of
reflected sky
in every puddle
Andrew Markowski
*
afternoon lull
the distant squeal
of
worn-out tires
Andrew Markowski
angry july
destroys everything alive
an inanimate
prayer for
gracious
August
Zdenka Mlinar
ljutiti srpanj
ruši sve živo
i neživo
molitva za
milostivi
kolovoz
Zdenka Mlinar
summer wind
bustling through the blackberry brambles
a
pileated woodpecker
Paula Sears
above the thunder
the tree
of
five thousand years
Mike Fainzilber
*
after the rains
a haunting silence
nothing
left to say
Mike Fainzilber
Sunday morning —
the bawl of a fruit vendor
wakes
me up
Debarati Sen
*
mountain peak —
this ego
between
us
Debarati Sen
the life
of a wanderer
brief chaos
of white dust and starlight—
surviving
by chance
Ruth Holzer
*
flocking
around my candle
All
Souls
Ruth Holzer
ghost
koi—
never running
with the crowd
Tony Williams
*
weeds
our
friendship
neglected
Tony Williams
early
August now—
the fly on the bathroom wall
has been there
all night
J.
D. Nelson
looking so peaceful
her final visit
to
the beautician
Wanda Amos
*
winter chill…
a
sudden inward breath
cuts the lifeline
Wanda Amos
endless rain –
her tears joining puddles
in the street
Aaron Bowker
*
imprint in dust
made by what you took
when you left
Aaron Bowker
half-empty
cinema –
a moth flutters in and out
of the projector
beam
Roman Lyakhovetsky
autumn leaves changing my relationship status yet again
Alvin B. Cruz
*
long summer
written in the sand
a name not mine
Alvin B. Cruz
you do not
have to be good
autumn
sky
Brad Bennett
*
ice bubbles
the pond talks
in its sleep
Brad Bennett
finally accepting my flaws nude
beach
Mona Bedi
*
going
back to my home town stranger moon
Mona Bedi