chipped
red paint—
my horseshoe resting on
yours
Mark Forrester
war puzzle peace into pieces
Marjorie Pezzoli
*
lead should surround stain glass not children
Marjorie Pezzoli
election debate
the cat drags a dead mouse
out
of the bush
Vandana Parashar
*
falling asleep
to the sound of snores
night
watchman’s dog
Vandana Parashar
I'm
a sack of rusty bones, sweet moon
Mircea Moldovan
*
games
between mature people
harvest
moon
Mircea Moldovan
paper thin
our penpal friendship
over
the years
Bonnie J Scherer
*
crushing grapes —
the stain
of
my sin
Bonnie J Scherer
solar eclipse
splashing black ink
up to the sky
Xiaoou Chen
*
inundation
floating markets
in downtown
Xiaoou Chen
early morning—
she wakes to the sound
of
splintering glass
Lafcadio
*
resurrecting
buried memories
the past
won't stay hidden even
if
the grave is deep
Lafcadio
dissecting
the revenant
thunderstorms
Jerome Berglund
*
angry baby’s
apparition intermittent
lightning
flashes
Jerome Berglund