By Gordon Lewis

“Dreamt a dream asleep

She went into the dark night

Gone forevermore”


Gordon Lewis

By Chris Kastle

nibbling the shoreline

watery teeth

always hungry

Chris Kastle

By Kavita Ratna

a tail wagging

from the branches

torn kite

Kavita Ratna

By JL Huffman

evening shower

lemon light gilds the garden

petrichor

JL Huffman

By Ann Smith

climbing

in front of me

a mountain rose

Ann Smith

By Ron Scully

cauliflower cloud

untilled burrows

of the victory garden

Ron Scully

By Maya Daneva

camping lullaby the sound of jumping trout

Maya Daneva

By Louise Hopewell

twisting tree roots

the sign says warning

snakes inhabit this area

Louise Hopewell

By Jonathan English

crescent moon—

a sharp sound of sirens

pierces the dusk

Jonathan English

By Joshua Gage

winter chill—

the bathroom scale

spins higher


Joshua Gage

By Susan Burch

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racing the tornado not winn

Susan Burch

By Xiaoou Chen

thickening fog

a bell strikes ten from

an unknown tower

Xiaoou Chen

By Gary S. Rosin

whitetail deer

graze the neighborhood—

suburban sprawl

Gary S. Rosin

By Simon De Courcey

shaded nest

the absence

of one egg

Simon De Courcey

By Anthony Lusardi

watching ocean waves

the fizz in my soda

dying down

Anthony Lusardi

By Monica Kakkar

water rationing . . .

first pomegranate blossoms

brim at sacred well

Monica Kakkar

By Mirela Brailean

high-speed night train

I choose

a shorter dream

Mirela Brailean

By Jay Friedenberg

wooing and cooing

the iridescent sheen

of the pigeon's neck

Jay Friedenberg