By Amrutha Prabhu

amidst crackers and fireworks

I swim through

layers of me 

Amrutha Prabhu

By Neena Singh

roadside café

we share hot coffee

and birdsong


Neena Singh

By Freya Pickard

gentle surf thunders

drowns in a thousand kisses

on compliant sand

Freya Pickard

By Melanie Alberts

after the election

a cockroach belly up

dancing alone

Melanie Alberts

By Rp Verlaine

red and gold leaves

of autumn forming a trail

that ends in winter

Rp Verlaine

By Richard Bailly

lingering goodbye

orchestra plays the planets

stellar traveler

Richard Bailly

By Samo Kreutz

hide and seek

a boy's grandad

lost among memories


Samo Kreutz

By Douglas J. Lanzo

yesterday’s paper

lines homeless man’s dreams

with what could have been


Douglas J. Lanzo

By Vasile Moldovan

from the hospital gate

two paths are beginning...

only one to home


Vasile Moldovan

By Lakshmi Iyer

night light slips

into my milkshake

vanilla moon

Lakshmi Iyer

By Veronika Zora Novak

awakening

the mind of a lotus . . .

akitsu

Veronika Zora Novak

By Vladislav Hristov

quince garden

my mom’s perfume

alive again

Vladislav Hristov

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

balmy breeze

mother traces

my face


Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Mirela Brăilean

winter sea
— 
a fair-weather flag
ragged by wind

Mirela Brăilean

By Jackie Chou

pandemic

the lilt of a flute song

lifts the blues

Jackie Chou

By Tsanka Shishkova

lily pond

the flickering reflections

of the stars


Tsanka Shishkova

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Spanish moss

bathed in moonlight

drapes romance by the bay

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Milan Rajkumar

classical dance

the divine proportion—

she once talked

of a blooming lotus

on a stone buddha's lap


Milan Rajkumar