By Kyoko Bengala

unexpected rain—

I squeeze from the sheets

all autumn

Kyoko Bengala

By Carmela Marino

october clouds

removing the dust

from your face

Carmela Marino

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

mother’s reprimand

the steady drip-drip-drip

of autumn rain
 

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

morning glories

singing hallelujah

a silent rain

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

i am the lion stalking dusk
 

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Tsanka Shishkova

autumn walk

under the wet leaves

snail

Tsanka Shishkova

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

guitar strum

the words find

a tune 

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Sherry Grant

sleeping in

while the world shakes

from climate change
 

Sherry Grant

By Mona Iordan

my pink-tinted glasses

the downcast sky

smiles back to me

Mona Iordan

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Long night

Everything springs

after dawn

Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Maria Teresa Sisti

hunter's moon—

a hidden fairy tale 

in a memory

Maria Teresa Sisti

By Maria Concetta Conti

rainy day

dancing with the heels on

at home

Maria Concetta Conti

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

tasting the moment

a bitter-sweetness

turning seventy-five

Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

By Joanna Ashwell

autumn sky

a never-ending story

of raindrops

Joanna Ashwell

By Veronika Zora Novak

autumn chill . . .

the sound of stray

shadows

Veronika Zora Novak

By Kelly Sauvage

forever stamp the price of pursuing a postman

Kelly Sauvage

By Lakshmi Iyer

dicey moon

the way she likes

to show herself

Lakshmi Iyer

By Barrie Levine

cashmere gloves

I do something beautiful

with my hands

Barrie Levine