By Rupa Anand

winter dawn

tiptoeing with a cup

of camomile tea

Rupa Anand

By Maciej Faliński

The sky and the sea

meet where the blues intertwine,

trapping my gaze there.

Today waves shatter the glass

of the mirror in my mind.

Maciej Faliński

From a small café

comes an unknown melody,

making me long for

everything and nothing both—

a blend of sweetness and pain

Maciej Faliński

By Nancy Brady

new year's day...

paying bills

I void the first check

Nancy Brady

By Luciana Moretto

sprig of heather

under the pillow

I wake up in the new year

Luciana Moretto

By Fatma Zohra Habis

after the sound

of a woodpecker

I inhale the silence

Fatma Zohra Habis

By Anthony Ward

Balanced into the wind the bird embraces rain

Anthony Ward

By Lakshman Bulusu

New Year’s Eve

at the stroke of midnight

every star, a new dream


Lakshman Bulusu

By AJ Johnson

winter commute

missing the sun

both ways

AJ Johnson

By Anne Fox

in the dreaming of trees

winter songs

of the afterlife

Anne Fox

stray cat…

another unanswered question

wanders away

Anne Fox

narrow path…

this endless wait

for new wings

Anne Fox

still winter…

i search the night

for a song

Anne Fox

By Nicholas Klacsanzky

with each wave

the hush of pebbles . . .

father’s ashes

Nicholas Klacsanzky

By Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

pear petals on the pavement

she asks

if everyone dies

Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff