By Susan Lee Roberts

spring with no summer doctor stops chemo

Susan Lee Roberts

Louise Hopewell

city shadows

building cranes dwarf

the cathedral spire

Louise Hopewell

By R. Suresh Babu

hailstone rain

children hopscotch

in the puddle

R. Suresh Babu

Ravi Kiran

end of the day

a blackbird’s song

from the unpruned hedge

Ravi Kiran

Joanna Ashwell

pre-rain

the hopes we had

for summer

Joanna Ashwell

By Kalyanee Arandhara

relentless rain

a house at the top

slides downhill

Kalyanee Arandhara

By Ray Spitzenberger

my heart plays

Mozart’s A-fib sonata

until the beat should stop

Ray Spitzenberger

By Nalini Shetty

old swing set

no one to push

me higher

Nalini Shetty

Chen-ou Liu

Facebook outage

I listen

to midnight stars

Chen-ou Liu

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Around in circles,

Just going through the motions

Making lemonade

Sarah Mahina Calvello

By Nancie Zivetz-Gertler

little peacekeepers

i forget everything else

watching the sparrows

Nancie Zivetz-Gertler

By Ana Drobot

heatwave –

Dali’s clocks

melting

I long for a trip

back in time

Ana Drobot

By Liz Kornelsen

flash—

a second’s worth of light

firefly

Liz Kornelsen

By Katja Fox

highland retreat —

so alone among

a thousand midges

Katja Fox

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

starlit night

the dark blanket

full of holes

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

By Steliana Cristina Voicu

lighthouse piercing the sky…

my tea

moon infused

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Jennifer Gurney

sand in my suitcase

Michigan

follows me home

Jennifer Gurney

By Karen O'Leary

once around

the Monopoly board

no bills

Karen O'Leary

By John J. Dunphy

family reunion

pausing at the doorway

my shadow still outside

John J. Dunphy

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