By Xiaoou Chen

thickening fog

a bell strikes ten from

an unknown tower

Xiaoou Chen

By Gary S. Rosin

whitetail deer

graze the neighborhood—

suburban sprawl

Gary S. Rosin

By Simon De Courcey

shaded nest

the absence

of one egg

Simon De Courcey

By Anthony Lusardi

watching ocean waves

the fizz in my soda

dying down

Anthony Lusardi

By Monica Kakkar

water rationing . . .

first pomegranate blossoms

brim at sacred well

Monica Kakkar

By Mirela Brailean

high-speed night train

I choose

a shorter dream

Mirela Brailean

By Jay Friedenberg

wooing and cooing

the iridescent sheen

of the pigeon's neck

Jay Friedenberg

By Tsanka Shishkova

a dog and a man

I wonder if the man leads the dog

or the dog leads the man

Tsanka Shishkova

By Nicoletta Ignatti

summer night—

              the wind seeks an opening

              among pine needles

Nicoletta Ignatti

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Don Quixote

a rhino charges

imagined beasts

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Joanna Ashwell

steeper

than I remember

the way home

Joanna Ashwell