By Algo

White butterflies sing

Temporary arias

To their broken wings.

Algo

By Joshua St. Claire

empires

the fanfare and fade

of fireflies

Joshua St. Claire

By Deborah A. Bennett

always

somewhere a war –

first lemons

Deborah A. Bennett

By John Pappas

waving wild switchgrass how little we know

John Pappas

By Ruth Holzer

our footsteps

clattering on the stone bridge

together

in unwelcome dawn

we go our separate ways

Ruth Holzer

By Helen Ogden

second amendment

bearing the weight

of hindsight

Helen Ogden

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Break in Kiev

A soldier paints birds in flight

June cadre



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

chalk drawings

the mailman jumps over

her rainbow

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Chen-ou Liu

Pride Parade

the way he looks at me

with kerosene-blue eyes

Chen-ou Liu

By Maya Daneva

moon path

just enough to fit

the sharp-nosed boat

Maya Daneva

By Joanna Ashwell

mid-hour

finding time

inside silence

Joanna Ashwell