spring fever –
no playlist
only song birdsDaniela Lăcrămioara Capotă
sun streams through window warmth to the frozen tundra winter winding down Richard Bailly
first snow -
the garish black
of the crows
Mirela Brăilean
the sporadic tapping of a sapsucker spring snow showers
Kristen Lindquist
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
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