Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Monday, November 25, 2024

Susan Burch

roundabout we get through it

Susan Burch



peacock brooch

when did I stop

feeling pretty

Susan Burch

Fatma Zohra Habis

harvest moon

far from the war zone

children's laughter

Fatma Zohra Habis

Michael Shoemaker

 

Along the Fence Line

Michael Shoemaker

Chad Henry

yellow tablecloth

a handful of sage

starting to crumble

Chad Henry



midsummer dusk

rain on the skylight

the cat hears it first

 

Chad Henry

Bryan Rickert

the silence

     it brings

          prairie frost

Bryan Rickert



pretending

I’m a gardener–

three tomato harvest

 

Bryan Rickert



digging out

a thorn

this struggle

to remove

you

Bryan Rickert

John J. Dunphy

God

god

a god

no god

John J. Dunphy



visitation

the deceased and I wear

the same color tie

John J. Dunphy



communion Sunday

our church's body of Christ

gluten-free

John J. Dunphy

Arvinder Kaur

walk as usual

but this time the magic

of leaf shadows

Arvinder Kaur



woven into my insignificance gossamer threads

Arvinder Kau

Tony Williams

when I was young

and a cat

and not some kind of man


Tony Williams



an owl’s

vowels

around midnight


Tony Williams

John Pappas

winter lavender how I know you’re here

John Pappas



dropping blossoms

how little of this world

is ours
 

John Pappas

Brad Bennett

an easement

onto conservation land

morning mist

Brad Bennett

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Sunday Service

the way the Archangel

from the stained glass

scatters its light

on your shoulder

Steliana Cristina Voicu



one more

night without you…

just the wind

and the autumn lights

grow at my window

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Jiel Narvekar

Lush green, freshly cut

Golden rays caress the edges

Crafty, plastic turf

Jiel Narvekar

Chen-ou Liu

hometown memories

I still hold on to

snowflakes in the wind

Chen-ou Liu



happy or not

just to be as I am ...

patches of fog

Chen-ou Liu

Friday, November 22, 2024

David Ngo

a flower blooms

only when it is history

David Ngo

Douglas J. Lanzo

early sunset

the questions

we never got to ask

Douglas J. Lanzo

Govind Joshi

mountain valley

in the old house

night song of the stream
 

Govind Joshi

David Cox

crepuscular…

evening’s masterstroke

this band of Hopper red

David Cox

Alexis Rotella

again the muffled ache of bitter persimmons

Alexis Rotella

Steve Van Allen

ephemeral morning moon

like so many things

in this transient world

Steve Van Allen

Jovana Dragojlovic

a gentle touch

on the shoulder...

after all - you

Jovana Dragojlovic

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