By Daipayan Nair

loaded basket

grandma makes room for

a fallen marigold

Daipayan Nair

By Barrie Levine

housebound . . .

through my window all I know

of drifting clouds

Barrie Levine

By Tony Williams

ghost koi—

never running

with the crowd

Tony Williams

*

weeds

our friendship

neglected

Tony Williams

By J. D. Nelson

early August now—

the fly on the bathroom wall

has been there all night

J. D. Nelson

By Jennifer Gurney

A ginkgo leaf

Flutters in the wind

Along with my heart

Jennifer Gurney

By petro c.k.

summer drought

a plastic cup

on the beer tap

petro c.k.

By A.J. Anwar

fading for-sale sign

a lonely house

all these years

A.J. Anwar

By Wanda Amos

looking so peaceful

her final visit

to the beautician

Wanda Amos

*

 

winter chill…

a sudden inward breath

cuts the lifeline

Wanda Amos

By Sreenath

gentle breeze

across the cemetery —

war veterans

Sreenath

By Mircea Moldovan

raven's reflection

in the colorless stained glass

Bach concert

Mircea Moldovan

By Mark Gilbert

at the pole

the north star

our friend


Mark Gilbert