C. Jean Downer

wandering

through her room

to hold near

once-treasured gifts

she left behind

C. Jean Downer

a childhood

in the peripheral

I convince myself

I will always

have enough

C. Jean Downer

Manasa Reddy Chichili

mountain temple

far from home

searching for peace

Manasa Reddy Chichili

Susan Lee Roberts

ocean breeze...

together we walk

the life-long jetty

Susan Lee Roberts

onion—

layers of

unexpressed sweetness

Susan Lee Roberts

Neena Singh

football field—

a sparrow holds

the goal post

Neena Singh

insomnia

stray dogs bark

all night

Neena Singh

margosa shade

the corn seller

fans her coal

Neena Singh

Elena Zouain

red chrysanthemum —

the color of a memory

Elena Zouain

silence of the forest —

the deer’s bellow

reaches the moon

Elena Zouain