fallen leaves
on his headstone
how
long he's been gone
Alvin B. Cruz
*
second marriage
she's having
second
thoughts
Alvin B. Cruz
fallen leaves
on his headstone
how
long he's been gone
Alvin B. Cruz
*
second marriage
she's having
second
thoughts
Alvin B. Cruz
summer
heat
the gravediggers’ days
buried in ash
Ellen
Kom
*
his last will
a testament of hate...
the
family gathers
Ellen Kom
the
day bleeds into nightfall war
Mariangela Canzi
*
wild flowers —
I share solitude
with
the mountains
Mariangela Canzi
An empty chair,
A hollowed pillow,
an unmade bed,
A singing clock,
An
absent name.
Manali Choudhury
attic
hideaway
babushka dolls
unnesting
Michelle V.
Alkerton
*
familiarity
borscht
simmering
with a sprig of dill
Michelle
V. Alkerton
from the dawn light
of these woods
she flies
into the tamarind tree
to
feed her chick . . .
Rupa Anand
lines of geese honk
flying north with the sun
rush
hour
Ruth Happel
*
whole world in snail’s shell
pulled behind him everywhere—
living
the van life
Ruth Happel
who I was and long to be
adrift
clouds
with shadows
evan coram
*
through oak boughs
the porch light
on
and off
evan coram