Mother’s
Day
slipping in mud
at the cemetery
Ellen Kom
frosted
trees a branch of silence
Adrian Bouter
*
month
of birth the unmarked date
Adrian Bouter
*
sleet
I dream the map of Spain
Adrian Bouter
unknowing
the path stream leaves
Ranice Tara
*
water
rushing the funeral flowers
Ranice Tara
wall
of clouds —
sometimes I sleep
with the light on
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
*
day
moon
I indulge in the luxury
of illusions
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
set to leave
with the dawn
a
train whistles
Govind Joshi
*
step farms
we start
for
the moon
Govind Joshi
*
waiting for spring
a solitary
sparrow
Govind Joshi
ocean pulse
the surge of
bubbled tide
swaying through kelp forests
Douglas J. Lanzo
crystals
on the surface of the snow
invitation
to dance
Refika Dedić
*
winter sun—
shivering on the bench
frozen flower
Refika Dedić
train whistle
from the attic
paper-mache
mountain
Ann Sullivan
*
bobbing
in a metal bucket
ice
moon
Ann Sullivan
anvil
the ring of steel
for
a bride
Robert Witmer
*
lilacs
in the breeze
she
whispers in the baby's ear
Robert Witmer