By Yasir Farooq

birds

in the thick branches —

x

Yasir Farooq

By Helen Ogden

AI-ku

the chatbot

asks about wabi sabi

Helen Ogden

By Anthony Lusardi

nor’easter

under dead leaves and bark

a frog sleeps

Anthony Lusardi

By Nicole Pottier

crumpled leaves –

in the cold morning

tea perfume

Nicole Pottier

By Radhika De Silva

winter wind

carries sighs

of war victims

Radhika De Silva

By Jharna Sanyal

copper clouds

soaking up the spill

sunset


Jharna Sanyal

 

 

timber wood

curling up in smoke

legends of forests

Jharna Sanyal

 

By J. D. Nelson

what’s all the racket?!

a featherless white crane lifts

things up to the roof

J. D. Nelson

 

*

feathers everywhere . . .

in mid-autumn the white hen

has started to molt

J. D. Nelson

By Oscar Luparia

autumn wind:

that pushes the clouds,

that shuffles the leaves


Oscar Luparia

By Brad Bennett

leaning

into darkness

a give-and-take moon

Brad Bennett

By Mike Fainzilber

an egret’s call

her lost son’s name

above the silent trees

Mike Fainzilber

By Mark Forrester

one bird’s egg

in another’s nest

false spring

Mark Forrester

*

within my dream

another dream

dragonflies

Mark Forrester