By Nika

dandelion wine

older than I remember

former loves

Nika

By Muskaan Ahuja

soaring seagull—

the shape 

of her eyebrows 

Muskaan Ahuja

By Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

pebble eyes copper scales—

we never went fishing

but I wanted to

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

By Bernadette O'Reilly

welcome home

a spider waits 

beside the door

Bernadette O'Reilly

By Nudurupati Nagasri

multiverse

traveling through black holes

karma's boomerang

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Adele Evershed

hospital visit—

I travel the dark river

of her wrist

Adele Evershed

By Juliet Wilson

dark matter–

the weight

of family secrets

Juliet Wilson

By Maya Daneva

unexpected door ring

I hide the spider

under the welcome mat

Maya Daneva

By Tina Mowrey

snowfall

guessing

the season

Tina Mowrey

By Alex Lanzo

swirling colors

around our bait

rainbow trout

Alex Lanzo

By Tuyet Van Do

midnight

crickets serenade

a restless soul


Tuyet Van Do

By John Pappas

so still at the end of the dock a white heron

John Pappas

By Sushama Kapur

could I steal it forever this petrichor

Sushama Kapur

By Priti Khullar

confidence–

I do away with

my eyeliner

Priti Khullar

By Louise Hopewell

lost child

her tiny fingers

find mine

Louise Hopewell

By Alvin B. Cruz

closeness...

the seat between us

marked X

Alvin B. Cruz

By Tim Murphy

document delay 

my amygdala considers 

a ransom amount

Tim Murphy

By H. A. Sappho

fourteen billion years

that’s all it took

to make today

H. A. Sappho

By Ruth Holzer

interrupting tai chi to do something less important

Ruth Holzer

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

bicycle tour…

our mood change

with the wind

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Robert Beveridge

innocent in white

the swan seems placid until

you try to pet it

Robert Beveridge

By Melanie Alberts

bopping branch to branch music festival

Melanie Alberts

By Stewart C Baker

glasses for the first time I notice a grey hair

Stewart C Baker

By Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

summer moon

frogs in the pond

speed dating

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

By Douglas J. Lanzo

raising his sights

young boy unspools

his kite string

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Hazy moon

The flow of interior

monologue



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Ram Chandran

all those wishes...

in the hands of

fountain cleaners

Ram Chandran

By Pippa Phillips

a crack

on the other side

of the mirror

Pippa Phillips

By Vandana Parashar

empty park

my dog and I settle

in married silence

Vandana Parashar

By Tony Williams

spring scent

if I were a horse

I would gallop

Tony Williams

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

a drip on the roof

yesterday's sunshine sounds

far away



Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Marilyn Ashbaugh

end of shift

the parking lot gulls

head home

Marilyn Ashbaugh

By Christina Chin

shifting monsoon... 

a cloud of feral parakeets

returns

Christina Chin

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

how the bluebells bloom within me

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Vandana Parashar

cuckoo’s egg in search of my biological parents

Vandana Parashar