misty morning the brittle echo of a gull's cry
Agus Maulana Sunjaya
empty raft
the toss and turn in a sleepless sea Barrie Levine
rocky path blown by the wind a touch of the sea
Tsanka Shishkova
pandemic dreams . . . the Paris café in her takeout cup
Barrie Levine
rain-filled glasses after the wedding a toast Pippa Phillips
of course
the mountain
wasn’t always
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
new moon in the temple's pond lilies and stars
funeral
a blackbird's song
nearby
Mirela Brăilean
empty garden a robin sings to midday silence Zahra Mughis
sound of a siren
only a sparrow
alarmed
Samo Kreutz
waiting for …
cherry petals
on the meadow
Daniela Misso
Under the moon
peonies open gently
Kyoko Bengala
before dawn
only voice
the wind from afar
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
gestures the words without syllables Vincenzo Adamo
lying in the sun the rattlesnake changes its skin Vasile Moldovan
lost blue moon
I read old love letters
by a dying light
Rp Verlaine
spring buds the bushes burst into bird song Marilyn Ward
midnight buzz a shadow crawls by the lampshade Zahra Mughis