By Xiaoou Chen

slowed-down pace

the raindrops no longer

beat on my face


Xiaoou Chen

By Anne Curran

cloud nestles

into mountain curves —

afternoon sun

Anne Curran

By Douglas J. Lanzo

sun-warmed branches

grandma’s love

nourishing our tree

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Helen Ogden

high tide

bits of the seal

float back to sea

Helen Ogden

By Alison Rogers

waves break —

seagulls

at the shoreline

Alison Rogers

By Daniela Misso

wind-beaten grass

all the things

I leave behind

Daniela Misso

By Dejan Ivanovic

gusts of wind


are quieter — I sail to


another spring



Dejan Ivanovic

By Pitt Büerken

alphabet soup

the first grader puts words

on the plate's edge

Pitt Büerken

By Georg Cook

A pebble thrown

Causes ripples

The water returns to stillness


Georg Cook

A flame is lit

Sparking into life

Darkness ebbs away


Georg Cook

By Wiesław Karliński

anthropocene —

one of last evening songs

by frog choir

Wiesław Karliński

By John J. Dunphy

gangster's funeral

circulating among the mourners

process servers

John J. Dunphy