spring rain
a whiff of winter
in
its chill
Vipanjeet Kaur
the turtle dove
sings at dawn —
first
day of the year
Maurizio Brancaleoni
*
il canto della
tortora all'albeggiare:
primo
dell'anno
Maurizio Brancaleoni
Lamplight
amid the cork tree leaves.
A
nestless egg.
Dennis
Andrew S. Aguinaldo
summer stage
mosquitoes speed up
the
band’s rhythm
Tomislav Maretić
*
crowded train
a moth on the ceiling
gets
a free ride
Tomislav Maretić
ocean air
waves making waves
in
the sand
Brad Bennett
*
late winter
the shimmer
of
open water
Brad Bennett
every reunion
fewer name cards
on
the table
David Josephsohn
*
finally knowing
which side I’m on
garden
walls
David Josephsohn
rereading War and Peace
the old pages are as fresh
nowadays
as before
Vasile Moldovan