Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Monday, June 10, 2024

By Nalini Shetty

solitary oak–

a thousand sunsets

in its bark

Nalini Shetty

Mike Gallagher

hanging about

time stretching ever longer

the jury out


Mike Gallagher



roadkill

patiently waiting

a buzzard


Mike Gallagher



by the docks

the scattered shadows

of night

Mike Gallagher

Oana Maria Cercel

Flowers

Oana Maria Cercel

 


Sea

Oana Maria Cercel 



 

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Edelweiss

A glance from blue sky

to the ground


Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

David Ngo

Arabian nights' tales,

echoed in the dreams.

David Ngo

By David Cox

the last speck of sakura…

your pink toenail

in memory

David Cox

By Oliver Kleyer

out of habit

I make two coffees

instant grief

Oliver Kleyer

By Kelly Moyer

 

 
Buttercups

Kelly Moyer


The Party Line

Kelly Moyer


 

Clint Jovial Delima

seeing cows

rolling in the grass

half asleep

Clint Jovial Delima



failed, failed, failed

 tried, tried, tried

                             once again

Clint Jovial Delima

By Jovana Dragojlovic

writing a book...

another paper plane

on the floor


Jovana Dragojlovic

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Susan Burch

you never know

when it’ll be —

last kiss

Susan Burch



power outage

back to the beginning

of the cosmos

Susan Burch

Mark Gilbert

mayfly

in June

a life

cut short

Mark Gilbert



scarecrow

smiling through

the hurricane

Mark Gilbert

By Julianne Carlile

how stunning to see

in the bright white clean birdbath

five baby bluebirds

Julianne Carlile

By Refika Dedić

memory

between the cherry trees

the invisible guest

Refika Dedić



under the sky

between flowers

only silence

Refika Dedić

By Neena Singh

sunflowers

still face the sun...

war zone

Neena Singh

By Barrie Levine

wheeled away

to his private room

dad and his stories

Barrie Levine

By Tsanka Shishkova

getting older … but the wind of spring

Tsanka Shishkova

 

 

antique shop

a lady recalls the fashion

of her youth

Tsanka Shishkova

 

 

 long list

of charming mistakes

her diary

Tsanka Shishkova

By Rupa Anand

when daughters become mothers full circle

Rupa Anand



taking a vow

of silence

singing bowl

Rupa Anand

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Adrian Bouter

bricks —

the wallflower attracts

a butterfly

Adrian Bouter

By Dmitry Peredonov

shockumentary

an unidentified corpse

whispers my name

Dmitry Peredonov



a glass of absinthe

my granny’s chest of drawers

creaking in French

Dmitry Peredonov

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