By Michael H. Brownstein

A tree shakes in dance

An undercurrent of steps

And then a silence

Until the wind comes again

And it shiver-shouts anew.

 

Michael H. Brownstein

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

moonshine

an empty bottle

traps the light

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By Deborah P Kolodji

no coin

for the boatman

dark waters

Deborah P Kolodji

By Pippa Phillips

waking to the setting sun

a dream I've dreamed before

how slow unstirred sugar

dissolves

in tea
 

Pippa Phillips

By Yasir Farooq

two strangers

I speak Urdu

and the bird tweets


Yasir Farooq

By Marilyn Ward

august heat

snoozing in borrowed slippers

a tabby cat

Marilyn Ward

By Patricia Hawkhead

longing for heat

to peel away heavy clothes

the sins underneath


Patricia Hawkhead

By Kyoko Bengala

rainy days—

a sunflower still

hot in the sun

Kyoko Bengala

By Kamrun Nahar

Life is a never ending calculation.

Kamrun Nahar

By Hemapriya Chellappan

the timelapse

of passing emotions

flower moon

Hemapriya Chellappan

By Amrutha Prabhu

an introspection

a seed of

healing sprout


Amrutha Prabhu

By Nudurupati Nagasri

meditating ...

a soldier beetle

on red camellia

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Keith Evetts

spiderweb

the dark economy of lies

they swap for love
 

Keith Evetts

By Maria Concetta Conti

autumn stars

sharing a kiss after

a long walk

Maria Concetta Conti