By Cynthia Anderson

holding myself

grateful

for these arms


Cynthia Anderson

By Barrie Levine

I wrap my arms

around her softness

cotton moon

Barrie Levine

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

field of stars

when i read the poems

of Mary Oliver

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Barrie Levine

cooking lesson

gramma teaches me

to pinch spices

Barrie Levine

By Rp Verlaine

break of dawn

the farmer puts on boots

with yesterday's mud

Rp Verlaine

By Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo

Our egg tray carried

marbles and hair clips, a swirl

of dusty sunlight.

Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo

By Maria Concetta Conti

not thinking

about anything

the snowy volcano

Maria Concetta Conti

By Miriam Sagan

reading haiku—

the length of the toddler’s

tea party


Miriam Sagan

By Nani Mariani

Saturday night

smiling looking at the photo of the laughing bride

Nani Mariani

By Carmela Marino

last farewell

the moon's face

on the calendar

Carmela Marino

By Cynthia Anderson

sunny window—

there’s always

a way out


Cynthia Anderson