By Lisa C. Reynolds

fragile roots

burrow deeper —

February blues

Lisa C. Reynolds

By Muskaan Ahuja

long bus ride…

someone cracks

a peanut shell

Muskaan Ahuja

By Ruth Holzer

I'm still

traveling this

open road

hard to imagine it

running out

Ruth Holzer

By Chen-ou Liu

writer's block ...

at dawn I open the window

to release the silence

Chen-ou Liu

By Maria Teresa Sisti

year of the rabbit —

surrounded by nothing

I'm with myself


Maria Teresa Sisti

By Herb Tate

new moon

sweetly my sweater

keeping us warm

Herb Tate

By Deborah A. Bennett

cold moon —

leaving the last persimmon

for the cuckoo

 

Deborah A. Bennett

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

caring for others

the old orchid

blooming again

Deborah Karl-Brandt

*

 

winter storm…

thinking about the

strength of bamboo

Deborah Karl-Brandt

*

 

cold moon …

pretending not to hear

his question

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Tim Murphy

empty street

the extra silence

on Christmas Day

Tim Murphy

 

*

full moon

the manuscript

takes shape

Tim Murphy

By Richard Bailly

crescent moon

thinning every minute

sunrise

Richard Bailly

By C.X.Turner

pixie cup lichen

the slow growth

of inner healing

C.X.Turner

*

dwindling sky lost in the blue shape of you

C.X.Turner