crocus
blossoms
cupping the snow
in her small hands
Mark
Forrester
green
heron
as still
as the pond
Mark Forrester
mountain
trail
at every turn
the moon’s tug
Mark
Forrester
river glass . . .
the cool smoothness
of his lies
Mark Forrester
Look! And you, look too!
In the waterfall, the hawk
sees
its reflection.
Noah Berlatsky
sprig of parsley
along the back steps looking
almost
intentional
Jerome Berglund
gradually the light
leaves us… our eyes adjust
so
we don’t notice
Jerome Berglund
waving
away the gnats
half
dandelion
Jerome Berglund
less traveled lane
Why did the kudzu
cross
the road?
JL Huffman
senior living
rust and dent models
inside
and out
JL Huffman
sudden gust—
chimes
tell secrets
Sharon Ferrante
I walk
on a moss laden path
deciding—
just for today
I
need nothing more
Sharon Ferrante
old pond
the deep depression
of
a toad
Keith Evetts
summer breeze
the girl on a towel with a book
waves
a foot
Keith Evetts
when blue
is nowhere near enough
kingfisher
Keith Evetts
evening downpour
the backstreet gutter clogged
with
torn betting slips
Keith Evetts
getting older
prone to drop things
like
birthdays
Keith Evetts
above the sawmill
the rasp of mute swans
heading
west
Keith Evetts
too
much noise for a summer rain
Mircea Moldovan
the
reasonable story of a wanderer's stone bridges
Mircea Moldovan
a drink
and another round
countryside
life
Mircea Moldovan
Mother once sighed,
you've spoken English for too long
you might forget me ...
exiled for years, I can't recall
which
language I dream in
Chen-ou Liu
learning mother tongue
our kids chance upon
a
swear word
Biswajit Mishra
day after snow
a magpie braves
a
fence-walk
Biswajit Mishra
graduation day
six goslings get
their
first dip
Biswajit Mishra