school reunion our names still etched on old desks
Mona Bedi
spring buds a circle of prams under the plum trees
Louise Hopewell
scent of a newborn— a flower blossoming
Tuyet Van Do
if only you could
be a messenger of peace
dandelion
David Ngo
Gutted houses
In the park of Kievlate cyclamensMaria Cristina Pulvirenti
war news
the nightmare of the little boy
on Hiroshima
Meera Rehm
the sun on paper boats navigating childhood
Joe Sebastian
Hubble deep field
all the great-grandparents
in my DNA
Agnes Eva Savich
the uncle I never met ... unmarked grave
Joseph P. Wechselberger
mid-summer breeze . . .
another beer drifts
in with the evening
Kathleen Trocmet
finding
a new place
barn owl
Joanna Ashwell