By Louise Hopewell

red desert

sheep bones scattered

among everlastings

Louise Hopewell

botanic gardens

the welcome sign decorated

with pigeon poo


Louise Hopewell

By Janet Ruth

too much bad news brewing a cup of tea

Janet Ruth

 

 

fresh-cut-grass smell

at twelve, reading Nancy Drew

in the tree house

Janet Ruth

By Tuyet Van Do

music pumping

in the skating rink

a dog on wheels

Tuyet Van Do

morning sun

among the golden fields

colored umbrellas

Tuyet Van Do

casting worries

in the open sea

a lone fisherman

Tuyet Van Do

By Ezio Infantino

lonely moon …

the flashing red lights

on the skyscraper

Ezio Infantino

By Douglas J. Lanzo

crystalized color

dragonfly wings shiver

then freeze

Douglas J. Lanzo

 

 

 subway jazz

tunes bouncing off

closed doors

Douglas J. Lanzo

boy gazing

at four-masted ship

magic in a bottle

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Ron Scully

commencement

through the chain link fence

an unforeseen breeze

Ron Scully

thunderheads

the rush home before

dad finds out

Ron Scully

By Randy Brooks

French Press

he gets full custody

of the coffee beans

Randy Brooks

By Pitt Büerken

global seafaring

the supply chains run

aground

Pitt Büerken

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

prayer beads

touching each one

with a wish

Deborah Karl-Brandt

echo of an echo

the questions which remain

unanswered

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Oscar Luparia

daybreak

the cuckoo’s call highlights

your absence


Oscar Luparia

By Helen Ogden

for all its faults

the iridescence

of the pigeon

Helen Ogden

farmhouse ruins

a blue door

off its hinges

Helen Ogden