By Michael Shoemaker

moving a piano up

to the fourteenth floor

a test of friendship

Michael Shoemaker

By Mark Meyer

nightingale floor

still waking the dead

as I tiptoe through life

Mark Meyer

By Mark Forrester

thick brush

the fox’s tail

here and gone

Mark Forrester

By Mark Gilbert

sparrows that rhyme

and snow that doesn’t lay

Leonard Cohen

Mark Gilbert

By M. R. Pelletier

Time lapse—

   how age reshuffles

   memory’s frames

M. R. Pelletier

By Mary Arnold

Appalachian pond

in the middle of mallards

a single cormorant

Mary Arnold

By Melissa Laussmann

his gentle moves

in morning's first light—

the silkworm

Melissa Laussmann

By David Josephsohn

health crisis

her long journey

to another state


David Josephsohn

By Randy Brooks

red button mushrooms

cheerful little fellas

on a rotting log


Randy Brooks

By Aline da Silveira

unleash me tsunami heart if you see waves

Aline da Silveira

By Pitt Büerken

global warming

the winter coat stays

in the wardrobe

Pitt Büerken