Venus
atop a poplar
evensong
Haeja K Chung
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