By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

temple bells

calling for dawn

beyond the hills

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By Samo Kreutz

narrow street

rubbing up against me

the bell's echo

Samo Kreutz

By Mona Bedi

lucid interval

I die and come back

all so soon

Mona Bedi

By Joanna Ashwell

I send out

my apologies

to the world

let me know when

it is safe to re-emerge

Joanna Ashwell

By Keith Evetts

crumbs

birds have to eat

somewhere

Keith Evetts

By Mirela Brăilean

summer heat -

the snappy ticking

of my Dali clock

Mirela Brăilean

By Arvinder Kaur

phone screens: the loneliness of a crowd

Arvinder Kaur

By Minal Sarosh

oranges in each day seeds of haiku

Minal Sarosh

By Pippa Phillips

the octopus dreams

of the fisherman's wife

her second skin

slipping off

so easily

Pippa Phillips

By Surashree Joshi

withered field

my feelings for you

six feet under

Surashree Joshi

By Arvinder Kaur

the wait

for his homecoming…

coffee rings

Arvinder Kaur

By Bakhtiyar Amini

housewarming

the moon drops in

armed with nothing

Bakhtiyar Amini

B.A. France

scare tactics …

another evening watching

tv with mom

B.A. France

By John J. Dunphy

my new table

made from reclaimed wood

the ring

from my coffee cup encircles

a bullet hole

John J. Dunphy