By Jennifer Gurney

waking to bird song

you purring on my lap

light dancing

Jennifer Gurney

By JL Huffman

a white feather

dances on the wind

farewell words

JL Huffman

By M. R. Pelletier

Talking to myself—

   the volume of

   a cardinal’s feathers

M. R. Pelletier

By Mike Fainzilber

a cloud

on a string

kite dreaming

Mike Fainzilber

By Randy Brooks

red glitter shoes

one of her wishes

came true

Randy Brooks

By Bryan Rickert

texting her I reiterate crows

Bryan Rickert

*

synchronizing our autumns long distance love

Bryan Rickert

By Robert Witmer

angry words

on a crumbling wall —

tiny flowers in the cracks

Robert Witmer

By Robert Epstein

creekside walk —

I hear a new generation

learning to curse

Robert Epstein

By Jerome Berglund

moths

on a lampshade

this blemished moon


Jerome Berglund

*

liminal highway

all the lights

come on at once

Jerome Berglund

By Mark Gilbert

tai chi reaching for the moon

Mark Gilbert

By Mirela Brailean

rich harvest

with the same shabby clothes

the scarecrow

Mirela Brailean

By Mona Bedi

overthinking my need to over clarify

Mona Bedi

By Mircea Moldovan

chemo, leafless trees

Mircea Moldovan

By Tony Williams

downsizing…

my aunt looks smaller

in the care home

Tony Williams