By Chen-ou Liu

smoky skies

a broken river

of lava

Chen-ou Liu

By Sushama Kapur

my bucket list—

on distant shores seahorses

       spin the foam


Sushama Kapur

By JL Huffman

rooftop gardens

green oasis

amid the hustle

JL Huffman

By Nazarena Rampini

bitter cold -

a curled up cat

under the moon

Nazarena Rampini

By John J. Dunphy

breaking the wishbone

our Thanksgiving guest

wins the contest using

his new hand from

the Veterans Administration

John J. Dunphy

By Sherry Grant

a kettle’s memory perfect pitch

Sherry Grant

By Sushama Kapur

kitchen table the wooden dents of conversation

Sushama Kapur

By Cynthia Anderson

somewhere between us what I always wanted
 

Cynthia Anderson

By Kelly Sauvage

eden holding space for the rain

Kelly Sauvage

By Mircea Moldovan

glass beads the rainbow on her face

Mircea Moldovan

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

truth among sunflowers

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

this solitude a dew-covered marigold

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Carmela Marino

cold words

with a leaf falls

its shadow

Carmela Marino

By Maria Concetta Conti

autumn hike

a book shelters me

from the rain

Maria Concetta Conti

By Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

cold night

to cross the darkness

I collect words

Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

By Steve Bahr

scatterling trace

a footprint span

from the cradle land

Steve Bahr

By Radhamani Sarma

Forsythia

her dream of gardening

its first call

Radhamani Sarma

By Paweł Markiewicz

wing of butterflies

the strong epiphany born

from ontology

Paweł Markiewicz