By Claire Ninham

5 am rain

pigeons tap-dancing

on the tiles

Claire Ninham

By Stephen Toft

dancing leaves—

a misprint

in the ballet score

Stephen Toft

By Mirela Brăilean

the same story with a prince on a white horse...

Mirela Brăilean

By Michael Morell

vaccines the new arms race

Michael Morell

By Mircea Moldovan

a worm between me and the rest

Mircea Moldovan

By Claire Ninham

housebound the mountain stairs

Claire Ninham

By Kelly Sauvage

becoming . . .  vinegar on the collard greens
 

Kelly Sauvage

By Helen Ogden

mindfulness …

seeking the forest

… in the trees

Helen Ogden

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

a murder of crows

in the bare branch

just before the dusk

answering my question

with questions

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Cynthia Anderson

improvising

the birds I can’t see

for the trees


Cynthia Anderson

By Tsanka Shishkova

again

in the treehouse ...

so long ago

Tsanka Shishkova

By Laughing waters

autumn sun

placing my shade

on the fresh stump

Laughing waters

By Samo Kreutz

a walk in the woods

instead of mushrooms

I pick memories

Samo Kreutz

By Surashree Joshi

the whispers

of unheard stories

forest trail


Surashree Joshi

By Zahra Mughis

noisy garden

a sunflower nods

to a buzzing bee

Zahra Mughis

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

facing skywards

in prayer

...sunflowers


Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By Priti Khullar

mother’s love

extra butter

on the bread

Priti Khullar

By Arvinder Kaur

tonga ride

fireflies escort me

to the village home

Arvinder Kaur