By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

this piece of amethyst

i hold in my hand

what secrets

have you kept

during your long life

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Silk~

charcoal sky the fading scent of rain that never came

Silk~

By Kat Lehmann

midnight rainstorm all that can be imagined

Kat Lehmann

By Pravat Kumar Padhy

her cloth

soaked with tears…

on the edge

of curled green leaf

the burden of the heavy rains

Pravat Kumar Padhy

By Lori A Minor

the hunger moon on food stamps

Lori A Minor

By Bill Waters

croaking crow:

you scold me as if

I were to blame,

as if I were the cause

of your hidden sorrow

Bill Waters

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

grieving under a Covid moon

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By John J. Dunphy

Veterans' Day

panhandler points to

his Purple Heart

John J. Dunphy

By Pat Davis

slap of a beaver's tail

a branch skims the surface

of dawn

Pat Davis

By B.A. France

bottom of the glass

finity of a lone

ice cube

B.A. France

By Lori A Minor

my anxiety a fish out of water

Lori A Minor

By Pat Davis

rain on the river

then a rainbow

trout

Pat Davis

By Goran Gatalica

constant rain...

the stringy ponytail follows

its mother's shadow

Goran Gatalica

By Rp Verlaine

drawing the rings

of Saturn to escape

steady crayon

Rp Verlaine

By John J. Dunphy

homeless encampment

hanging from the dead tree

a birdhouse

John J. Dunphy

By Ron Scully

bike ride

fall leaves backpedal

to the madras ground

Ron Scully

By Veronika Zora Novak

ghos(t)rain

Veronika Zora Novak

By Goran Gatalica

evening glow —

a complete circle

of honey bee

 

Goran Gatalica