By Sushama Kapur

could I steal it forever this petrichor

Sushama Kapur

By Priti Khullar

confidence–

I do away with

my eyeliner

Priti Khullar

By Louise Hopewell

lost child

her tiny fingers

find mine

Louise Hopewell

Alvin B. Cruz

closeness...

the seat between us

marked X

Alvin B. Cruz

By Tim Murphy

document delay 

my amygdala considers 

a ransom amount

Tim Murphy

By H. A. Sappho

fourteen billion years

that’s all it took

to make today

H. A. Sappho

Ruth Holzer

interrupting tai chi to do something less important

Ruth Holzer

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

bicycle tour…

our mood change

with the wind

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Robert Beveridge

innocent in white

the swan seems placid until

you try to pet it

Robert Beveridge

By Melanie Alberts

bopping branch to branch music festival

Melanie Alberts

By Stewart C Baker

glasses for the first time I notice a grey hair

Stewart C Baker

By Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

summer moon

frogs in the pond

speed dating

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

By Douglas J. Lanzo

raising his sights

young boy unspools

his kite string

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Hazy moon

The flow of interior

monologue



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Ram Chandran

all those wishes...

in the hands of

fountain cleaners

Ram Chandran

By Pippa Phillips

a crack

on the other side

of the mirror

Pippa Phillips

By Vandana Parashar

empty park

my dog and I settle

in married silence

Vandana Parashar

Tony Williams

spring scent

if I were a horse

I would gallop

Tony Williams

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

a drip on the roof

yesterday's sunshine sounds

far away



Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Marilyn Ashbaugh

end of shift

the parking lot gulls

head home

Marilyn Ashbaugh