By Sushama Kapur

apple crunch

the summer sun

        in every bite

Sushama Kapur

By Zahra Mughis

country road

baby lambs

lead the way

Zahra Mughis

By Neena Singh

heat shimmer…

a crack appears

in the birdhouse

Neena Singh

By Keith Evetts

waterwheel

is nothing really

spilled

Keith Evetts

Lakshmi Iyer

pergola

moonlight finds a place

to rest

Lakshmi Iyer

Douglas J. Lanzo

last shaft of autumn light

streaks gravestone

marking my pain


Douglas J. Lanzo

Arvinder Kaur

college desk

engraving names

over names

Arvinder Kaur

By Neena Singh

creases of sunshine

a pair of rock doves

canoodle

Neena Singh

By Joe Sebastian

foggy morning

a clam at the curve

of a hawk’s bill

Joe Sebastian

Arvinder Kaur

a robin

poised on a star

birdbath

Arvinder Kaur

By Sarah Davies

only

hollow places

echo

Sarah Davies

By Douglas J. Lanzo

sea isle goats

follow line of bells

to feed on shore

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Neena Singh

afterglow…

the autumn of life

I fill with poetry

Neena Singh

Lakshmi Iyer

moon shapes

the way mother wants

me to cut fruits


Lakshmi Iyer

By Keith Evetts

clouds my life won't change

Keith Evetts

By John J. Dunphy

VFW Post

member shows the scar

from his latest surgery

John J. Dunphy

Arvinder Kaur

burnt grasses

the ordinariness of death

in these times

Arvinder Kaur

Arvinder Kaur

roses

on the minarets

my daughter’s sandcastle

Arvinder Kaur

Vincenzo Adamo

thrown into the fountain

empty beer bottles

they come back full of desires


Vincenzo Adamo

By Barrie Levine

cornfield maze

silk tassels

spun into gold

Barrie Levine