Wednesday, April 10, 2024

By Nalini Shetty

broken mirror

a fractured self

stares back

Nalini Shetty



city park

every bench has

its own story

Nalini Shetty

By M. R. Pelletier

Squinting

through pinholes in shoeboxes—

kindergarten eclipse

M. R. Pelletier



Small talk—

   he answers her questions

   with one-word replies

M. R. Pelletier

By Mile Lisica

sky in the water

two moored boats

share the silence

Mile Lisica



I close my eyes

to feel a little more

the depth of the sea

Mile Lisica

By Joshua St. Claire

what is and isn’t the moon behind stratocumulus clouds

Joshua St. Claire



end of greatness

winter sun spent

among the hemlocks


Joshua St. Claire

By C.X. Turner

tiny pebble

warmed by the memories

of summer

C.X. Turner



morning sun

on a journey

of becoming

C.X. Turner

By Maurice Nevile

bank queue

stretching well beyond

the welcome sign


Maurice Nevile

 

 
train station

the smokers lined up

against the wall


Maurice Nevile

By Francoise Maurice

retired

he completes his profile

on a dating site

Francoise Maurice



east wind

the yellow of dawn

at the window

Francoise Maurice

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

the last songbird

on a mountaintop

singing to the world


Stephen Jarrell Williams



empty railroad tracks

sunflowers reaching skyward

between the steel rails


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Chen-ou Liu

midnight snowfall

the nonstop blaring

of a car alarm

Chen-ou Liu



gathering shadows

ten more people ticketed

for sleeping rough

Chen-ou Liu

By Mark Forrester

cavern walls—

humming a tune

from another time


Mark Forrester



morning mist

a few swans sleeping

on the pond—

still giving each other

the silent treatment


Mark Forrester

By Ravi Kiran

turbulence

the art of balancing

black coffee


Ravi Kiran



a second look

at the first impression

red mushroom

Ravi Kiran

By Tony Williams

partial sight

his life

in a goldfish bowl


Tony Williams



hailstorm—

my hand stuck out

to feel the sting


Tony Williams