By Françoise Maurice

sparkling water

our holiday memories

around the table

Françoise Maurice

By Wanda Amos

bustling subway

the daily grind

of ants


Wanda Amos

By Daniel Birnbaum

Google Earth

invisible

my bench

Daniel Birnbaum

By Priti Khullar

solitude

I return

to me

Priti Khullar

By Helen Ogden

my mood ring

a darker shade of grey

june gloom

Helen Ogden

By Tony Williams

rain shadow…

always

the bridesmaid

Tony Williams

By Alvin B. Cruz

fallen leaves

on his headstone

how long he's been gone

Alvin B. Cruz

*

second marriage

she's having

second thoughts


Alvin B. Cruz

By Ellen Kom

summer heat

the gravediggers’ days

buried in ash

Ellen Kom

 

*

his last will

a testament of hate...

the family gathers

Ellen Kom

By Manoj Sharma

my inner hermit

in a solitude —

a leafless orchard

Manoj Sharma

By Mariangela Canzi

the day bleeds into nightfall war

Mariangela Canzi

 

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wild flowers —

I share solitude

with the mountains

Mariangela Canzi

By Maurizio Brancaleoni

June begins —

the plant furrows

brimming with rain

Maurizio Brancaleoni