By Richard Bailly

sun streams through window

warmth to the frozen tundra

winter winding down


Richard Bailly

By Mirela Brăilean

first snow -

the garish black

of the crows

Mirela Brăilean

By Kristen Lindquist

the sporadic tapping

of a sapsucker

spring snow showers

Kristen Lindquist

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

misty morning

the brittle echo

of a gull's cry

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Barrie Levine

empty raft

the toss and turn

in a sleepless sea


Barrie Levine

By Tsanka Shishkova

rocky path

blown by the wind

a touch of the sea

Tsanka Shishkova

By Barrie Levine

pandemic dreams . . .

the Paris café

in her takeout cup

Barrie Levine

By Pippa Phillips

rain-filled glasses

after the wedding

a toast


Pippa Phillips

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

of course

the mountain

wasn’t always

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Tsanka Shishkova

new moon

in the temple's pond

lilies and stars

Tsanka Shishkova

Mirela Brăilean

funeral

a blackbird's song

nearby

Mirela Brăilean

By Zahra Mughis

empty garden

a robin sings

to midday silence


Zahra Mughis

By Samo Kreutz

sound of a siren

only a sparrow

alarmed

Samo Kreutz

Daniela Misso

waiting for …

cherry petals

on the meadow

Daniela Misso

By Kyoko Bengala

Under the moon

peonies open

gently

Kyoko Bengala

By Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

before dawn

only voice

the wind from afar

Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

Vincenzo Adamo

gestures

the words

without syllables


Vincenzo Adamo

By Vasile Moldovan

lying in the sun

the rattlesnake

changes its skin


Vasile Moldovan

By Rp Verlaine

lost blue moon

I read old love letters

by a dying light

Rp Verlaine

Marilyn Ward

spring buds

the bushes burst

into bird song


Marilyn Ward