By Poh Jes

 

at the orange slides

the spotted pigeon and I

day off

image and words Poh Jes

By Eugeniusz Zacharski

low tide

life comes out of the sea

again

Eugeniusz Zacharski

killer heat

at the watering hole

a pack of wolves

Eugeniusz Zacharski

By Rita Melissano

tangoing as one    forgotten step

Rita Melissano

 

 

she's still here

for some strange reason

clocks run backwards                                           

the storm after the quiet                        

a phoenix's return to ashes   

Rita Melissano

countless years

when our life was a rainbow

in the night

tête-à-tête, cheek to cheek,

holding a thousand candles      

Rita Melissano

listening

to the voice within

the mirror...

its whispers a breath

left in the fog

Rita Melissano

 

 

what is left                          

of the Japanese garden                     

the lantern

a lighthouse sitting on a bluff                         

above the blue, smooth pebbles


Rita Melissano       

By Katharine Angelina Love

my heart is beach glass

 translucent, delicate, mauve

 softened by the sand

Katharine Angelina Love

By Scott Parker

pasture gate latched

on either side

no fence

Scott Parker

after the rain

all the happy grass

waving in the wind

Scott Parker

turtles on the shore

keeping busy

maintaining stillness


Scott Parker

By Surya Nes

yellow rice─

settling farmer's

fortune in a plate

Surya Nes

By Lorraine A Padden

pajamas…

another superhero dream

takes flight

Lorraine A Padden

trouting

the arc of a midsummer

rainbow

Lorraine A Padden

asking her grandmother about love fresh daisies

Lorraine A Padden

incoming…

baby formula airdropped

over a war zone

Lorraine A Padden

By Audrey Quinn

night fog

across the Sound

a horn solo

Audrey Quinn

from adjoining terraces

the sounds of summer

sunscreen mist

Audrey Quinn

night walk

two dogs

square off

Audrey Quinn

By Govind Joshi

summer fair

children chasing

soap bubbles

Govind Joshi

story

within a story

this life

Govind Joshi

By Todd Matson

my sweet baby girls –

they are no longer babies

and not always sweet

Todd Matson

 

 

his philanthropy –

the gifts he kept on giving

for his vanity

Todd Matson

unconditional –

the love of a little dog

is God spelled backward

Todd Matson

By Ravi Kiran

rush hour

the manoeuvrability

of an ambulance

Ravi Kiran

between a beard

and the grey moustache

a few missing teeth

Ravi Kiran

Alzheimer’s

her favourite dress

for the first time

Ravi Kiran

what are the odds

of meeting you again

shooting star

Ravi Kiran

By j rap

escaping

through fence pickets

wildflower seeds

j rap

 


you pick out things

from my hair

lovebug


j rap



By Alvin B. Cruz

words we said too late lilacs

Alvin B. Cruz

insomnia

yesterday’s rain

still falling

Alvin B. Cruz

rain after a long drought mother’s remission

Alvin B. Cruz

By Patricia Carragon

buds sprout

on maple trees

cat in deep sleep

Patricia Carragon

By Nancy Brady

spring evening

seeping though the window

the skunk's scent

Nancy Brady

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

taking a nap

with eyes closed

seeing everything

Stephen Jarrell Williams

an old man

gazing up to heaven

wondering when
 

Stephen Jarrell Williams

children singing

on the mountaintops

pleading with us

Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Tomislav Maretić

deserted streets –

birdsong fills

the silence

Tomislav Maretić

By Vandana Parashar

buried nuts

how easy it is

to be forgotten

Vandana Parashar

By Pitt Büerken

shitty day

she holds herself

to the drinking straw


Pitt Büerken

really

that can’t be true

indeed

what’s to be seen

seems incredible

Pitt Büerken

By Steve Van Allen

winds pick up at sunset

sign of a coming front

wet whispers of rain

Steve Van Allen

By Anthony Ward

Exodus of toads,

Crossing my path,

I part my feet

Anthony Ward

Leave me be said the tree rather quite deciduously

Anthony Ward

By Richard Bailly

arc of a missile

children playing leapfrog

schoolyard

Richard Bailly

By David He

deserted temple

a stone Buddha drowns

in the moonlight

David He

dim moonlight...

the rain ripples

in a beggar's bowl

David He

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

minimalistic lifestyle

still

cluttered pages

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Jennifer Gurney

migrating geese —

nature's universal sign

that life goes on

Jennifer Gurney

By M. R. Pelletier

Closed wings—

   the butterfly disappears

   into a tree

M. R. Pelletier

By Chris Langer

lone oak in the square—

what history

has it witnessed?

Chris Langer

By John J. Dunphy

their marriage license

torn into strips and placed outside

for bird nests

John J. Dunphy

By Tuyet Van Do

first day back

I walk into

an empty classroom

Tuyet Van Do

By Elliot Diamond

leap frog

the blank page

to justice

Elliot Diamond

By Oscar Luparia

solstice

the brief life

of a summer dream

Oscar Luparia

By Nalini Shetty

solitary oak–

a thousand sunsets

in its bark

Nalini Shetty

By Mike Gallagher

hanging about

time stretching ever longer

the jury out

Mike Gallagher

roadkill

patiently waiting

a buzzard

Mike Gallagher

by the docks

the scattered shadows

of night

Mike Gallagher

By Oana Maria Cercel

Flowers

Oana Maria Cercel

 

Sea

Oana Maria Cercel 

 

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Edelweiss

A glance from blue sky

to the ground

Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By David Ngo

Arabian nights' tales,

echoed in the dreams.

David Ngo

By David Cox

the last speck of sakura…

your pink toenail

in memory

David Cox

By Oliver Kleyer

out of habit

I make two coffees

instant grief

Oliver Kleyer

By Kelly Moyer

 

 

 
Buttercups

Kelly Moyer

The Party Line

Kelly Moyer

 

By Clint Jovial Delima

seeing cows

rolling in the grass

half asleep

Clint Jovial Delima

failed, failed, failed

 tried, tried, tried

                             once again

Clint Jovial Delima

By Jovana Dragojlovic

writing a book...

another paper plane

on the floor


Jovana Dragojlovic

By Susan Burch

you never know

when it’ll be —

last kiss

Susan Burch

power outage

back to the beginning

of the cosmos

Susan Burch

By Mark Gilbert

mayfly

in June

a life

cut short

Mark Gilbert

scarecrow

smiling through

the hurricane

Mark Gilbert

By Julianne Carlile

how stunning to see

in the bright white clean birdbath

five baby bluebirds

Julianne Carlile

By Refika Dedić

memory

between the cherry trees

the invisible guest

Refika Dedić

under the sky

between flowers

only silence

Refika Dedić

By Neena Singh

sunflowers

still face the sun...

war zone

Neena Singh

By Barrie Levine

wheeled away

to his private room

dad and his stories

Barrie Levine

By Bryan Rickert

another mass shooting stars

Bryan Rickert

continental

   drift

  the

    ragged

  edge

       you

   left

     behind

Bryan Rickert

 

 

spring rain

the slow sex

of turtles

Bryan Rickert

grackle vocabulary in translation the spring wind

Bryan Rickert

By Tsanka Shishkova

getting older … but the wind of spring

Tsanka Shishkova

 

 

antique shop

a lady recalls the fashion

of her youth

Tsanka Shishkova

 

 

 long list

of charming mistakes

her diary

Tsanka Shishkova

By Rupa Anand

when daughters become mothers full circle

Rupa Anand

taking a vow

of silence

singing bowl

Rupa Anand

By Dmitry Peredonov

shockumentary

an unidentified corpse

whispers my name

Dmitry Peredonov

a glass of absinthe

my granny’s chest of drawers

creaking in French

Dmitry Peredonov

By Adrian Bouter

bricks —

the wallflower attracts

a butterfly

Adrian Bouter

By Hassane Zemmouri

comfort

the kidney stone out

with the pain

Hassane Zemmouri

By Maya Daneva

inside this fried fish    a fishhook

Maya Daneva

church mass progresses

sticking to each other

candles

Maya Daneva

By Manasa Kaliki

In the summer night

in the cool wind and soft moon

I attained rebirth

Manasa Kaliki

By Kamrun Nahar

wake up

in the sea of mistakes

as a flower

Kamrun Nahar

shadow of death…

wanders from door to door

like a dark ghost

Kamrun Nahar

By Sarah Mahina Calvello

Lemon grass tea sipping

Watching this crazy world

Go by in a blink

Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

 

Jigsaw jazz

Beautiful, misplaced chaos

Blue shadowy moon

Sarah Mahina Calvello

By Janet Krauss

Starlings descend

from the sky

a meteor shower of stars

Janet Krauss

By Stephen C. Curro

no reception

the music

of the river

Stephen C. Curro

daybreak

the gurgle

of the coffeemaker

Stephen C. Curro

By Brad Bennett

the loom

of indigo clouds

thistle silk

Brad Bennett

By Risë Daniels

autumn leaves ...

this sorrow from

letting you go

Risë Daniels

sudden shower…

my mantra

shifts rhythm

Risë Daniels

cherry festival

her blush

betrays her

Risë Daniels

By J. D. Nelson

near the shelter where I lived grasshopper in my face

J. D. Nelson

logizomai I walk & walk but don’t advance

J. D. Nelson

first leaves of spring now we’re talkin’!


J. D. Nelson

out of the corner of my eye crow & crow again

J. D. Nelson

thoughts of dewdrop universes roofers laugh in the wind


J. D. Nelson

By Tony Williams

a piece of red amber—

I like it

because she loves it


Tony Williams

By Robert Witmer

a child

shoehorned into a dream

the long walk home

Robert Witmer

a name

in a forgotten book

somewhere in the middle

Robert Witmer