By Keith Evetts

New Year's Day

leftovers

or fasting

Keith Evetts

*

wild night

hardly anything left

of the moon

Keith Evetts

By Françoise Maurice

east wind

each leaf waits

its turn

Françoise Maurice

*

sidewalk

as surprised as I was

the crow

Françoise Maurice

By Govind Joshi

village fair

tinkle of glass bangles

surrounding the cart

Govind Joshi

*

rippled lake

a wooden boat

fast to a tree

Govind Joshi

By Priti Khullar

memories

a fly entangled

in the spider web

Priti Khullar

By Kerry J Heckman

tracing my lifeline ant

Kerry J Heckman

*

trumpet flower

the hummingbird plays

each blossom


Kerry J Heckman

By Chris Kastle

sun caresses

warmth within

buzzing of bees

Chris Kastle

By Maya Daneva

quiet beach

a small crab moves its shade

over my toe

Maya Daneva

By Gopal Lahiri

beetles

exchange honeydew

ants giggle

Gopal Lahiri

By j rap

in the pause

between motorcycle gears

this tiny thought

j rap

By James Penha

oligarchs

burn tropical jungles—

there will be smoke

 

from ashes

oil palm plantations—

there will be fat

 

where orangutans

and gibbons live—

there will be none

James Penha

By Jennifer Gurney

waking to the light

through the crack under the door—

you are here


Jennifer Gurney