finding peace
in a lonely place
desert
lily
Alvin B. Cruz
rain
needles
the streetlight spotlights
a shivering cat
Anju Kishore
summer
holidays
a family of monkeys
on the clothesline
Anju Kishore
wind
gusts
a comb-over
flips
Joseph P. Wechselberger
Father's
Day
the annual reminder
I will never be one
Joseph P.
Wechselberger
a
squirrel nibbling
the tree's last pear
cold drizzle
Joseph P. Wechselberger
we destroy forests
to make paper and pencils
to
write 'save the trees'
Jonash Lepcha
I stop his lying
by
pressing mute
John J. Dunphy
high-end church
its communion wine
very
dry
John J. Dunphy
leaves changing
nearly as quickly
as
life
Jennifer Gurney
all along the street
in the quiet of the night
fireflies dance
as if
no one is watching
Jennifer
Gurney
returning
every year autumn solitude
Marilyn Ashbaugh
no
rush to say goodbye scarlet maple
Marilyn Ashbaugh
autumn
sky
a new galaxy
in the cat’s eyes
Marilyn
Ashbaugh
an
ant
with its own agenda
conference room
Marilyn
Ashbaugh
skip
in the record the wingbeats of swans
Marilyn Ashbaugh
hexagon
to square
my shrinking circle
of friends
j rap
coming
out of the storm I didn’t know I was in
j rap
dusk
a
single sheet of paper
swirls down the empty street
j rap
in my tank
rainbow koi swimming
in circles ...
the same question years ago,
to
stay or to go
Chen-ou Liu