By Michelle V. Alkerton

mother tongue softening hard truths

Michelle V. Alkerton

By Michael H. Lester

 

                              

   Green Witches

   Michael H. Lester 

Goblin Band in a Dollhouse

 Michael H. Lester  

Michael is the author of The Squeeping Catterwhip (available at amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NRF3832/ )  

By Refika Dedić

two bees

full of innocent looks

glass of wine

Refika Dedić

By Ed Ahern

First leaf barely brown

Waif on a still growing lawn

Prophet of the chill.

Ed Ahern

By Lakshman Bulusu

fall colors paint

the evening sky

a patio for Heaven

Lakshman Bulusu

By Richard Bailly

fresh air

changed person

new lungs

Richard Bailly

By Adrian Bouter

warrr

Adrian Bouter

By David He

the rustles

of bamboo

under the moon

I listen

to an owl's hoots

David He

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full moon

for harvesting...

a squirrel

pulls a pine cone

into her nest

David He

By John J. Dunphy

solar eclipse

a hermit crab

leaves its shell

John J. Dunphy

By David Ngo

clear signal—

the bird flees

while another nears

David Ngo

By Hassane Zemmouri

boiled potatoes

my nephew's begging

to turn the food mill
 

Hassane Zemmouri

By Andrew Terrell

approaching storm

hurrying across the yard

three magpies

Andrew Terrell

By Oscar Luparia

server offline . . .

I get a chance to notice

the moon at my window

Oscar Luparia

By Anthony Lusardi

a sudden gale

pushing me away

from the path i chose

Anthony Lusardi

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

home for sale

on the window sill

a dead fly

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Ram Chandran

from a cuckoo's song

to another cuckoo's song

... the river flows

Ram Chandran

By James Penha

huddled in the woods

we observe, ask, study, learn

all over again

James Penha

By Kavita Ratna

tiger lily

tears on the pillow

begin to dry

Kavita Ratna