By Shelly Smith

aged fiddler

plays a goodbye song—

summer’s last cricket

Shelly Smith

By Alvin B. Cruz

getting tattooed

a rose eternally

blooming

Alvin B. Cruz

By Kaushal Suvarna

a dozen moons —

slicing onions


Kaushal Suvarna

By Thomas Klodowsky

returning to yourself

at dawn: where was I going?

is it still yesterday?

Thomas Klodowsky

By Mirela Brailean

swans' dance

the repeated bows

of the old dancer

Mirela Brailean

By Simone Pansolin

forging a key

out of the steel

of a lock

Simone Pansolin

By David He

a monk

meditates

in the moonlight

on his hut

an owl hoots

David He

By Dan C. Iulian

long night —

both insomniacs

me and the moon

Dan C. Iulian

By Patrick Sweeney

plate-spinning

novelty acts

in my mother's laughter

Patrick Sweeney

By Michael Nickels-Wisdom

a 

flip 

book 

of 

selves 

walk 

ing 

be 

tween 

the 

trees

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

By Jerome Berglund

in the waiting room

all the magazines

to read

Jerome Berglund

By Amoolya Kamalnath

mountain tales...

the nightlong journey

of a doctor

Amoolya Kamalnath

By Vasile Moldovan

earthquake in Turkey —

a dog among people

saving people

Vasile Moldovan

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a diligent pupil

in the footstep of Bashō

trying to write haiku

Vasile Moldovan

By M. R. Pelletier

Chance meeting—

   the warmth

   of an old flame

M. R. Pelletier