By Deborah A. Bennett

a life

well lived —

plum blossom

Deborah A. Bennett

By Alvin B. Cruz

travel journal

I arrive 

at one haiku

Alvin B. Cruz

By Mona Bedi

school reunion

our names still etched

on old desks

Mona Bedi

By Louise Hopewell

spring buds

a circle of prams

under the plum trees

Louise Hopewell

By Tuyet Van Do

scent of a newborn—

a flower

blossoming

Tuyet Van Do

By David Ngo

if only you could 

be a messenger of peace

dandelion

David Ngo

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Gutted houses

In the park of Kiev

late cyclamens



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Meera Rehm

war news 

the nightmare of the little boy 

on Hiroshima 

Meera Rehm

By Joe Sebastian

the sun on paper boats navigating childhood

 

Joe Sebastian

By Agnes Eva Savich

Hubble deep field

all the great-grandparents

in my DNA

Agnes Eva Savich

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

the uncle

I never met ...

unmarked grave

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Kathleen Trocmet

mid-summer breeze . . .

another beer drifts

in with the evening

 

Kathleen Trocmet

By Joanna Ashwell

finding

a new place

barn owl
 

Joanna Ashwell

By John Pappas

thunder

black crows 

behind a sheet of rain

John Pappas

By Mircea Moldovan

operating room raven's steel beak

Mircea Moldovan

By Elena Malec

May Day

the queen celebrates

the worker bees

Elena Malec

By Keith Evetts

Labour Day

between lines of washing

a glimpse of the sea

Keith Evetts

By Carmela Marino

flowering branches

the way back

seems shorter

Carmela Marino