By Paula Sears

summer wind

bustling through the blackberry brambles

a pileated woodpecker

Paula Sears

Building Sandcastles: A Book of Short Poems

 

Newly released by C.X. Turner and James Welsh

Buy it at your local amazon

By Kimberly Kuchar

goldfish

swimming for eternity

Grandma's vase

Kimberly Kuchar

By Douglas J. Lanzo

longing for the home

it never had

slug passing snail

Douglas J. Lanzo

New Journal: haikuNetra (Editor: Daipayan Nair)

 

By Mike Fainzilber

above the thunder

the tree

of five thousand years

Mike Fainzilber

 

*

 

after the rains

a haunting silence

nothing left to say


Mike Fainzilber

By Nancy Byrne Iannucci

A mother's mood

swings

the four seasons

Nancy Byrne Iannucci

By Debarati Sen

Sunday morning —

the bawl of a fruit vendor

wakes me up

Debarati Sen

*

 

mountain peak —

this ego

between us

Debarati Sen

By JL Huffman

yellow finches

flock the feeder

joy takes wing

JL Huffman

By Ram Chandran

autumn dusk—

time changed me

beyond recognition

Ram Chandran

By Diane Webster

Hot summer fishing

dragonfly lands on the pole

steady in patience

Diane Webster

By Ruth Holzer

the life

of a wanderer

brief chaos

of white dust and starlight—

surviving by chance

Ruth Holzer

*

flocking

around my candle

All Souls

Ruth Holzer

By Simon De Courcey

late offerings

a cold cave dawn —

paviland red

Simon De Courcey

By evan coram

crackling

   into silence

   green wood

evan coram

By David Ngo

caged bird released

releasing its captor's heart

from the cage's grip

David Ngo

By Daipayan Nair

loaded basket

grandma makes room for

a fallen marigold

Daipayan Nair

By Barrie Levine

housebound . . .

through my window all I know

of drifting clouds

Barrie Levine

By Tony Williams

ghost koi—

never running

with the crowd

Tony Williams

*

weeds

our friendship

neglected

Tony Williams