By John Pappas

circling vultures

the answer to a question

no one asks

John Pappas

city fountain

unable to afford

one wish

John Pappas

spring wind

the sadness of

zoo elephants

John Pappas

heat lightning

she pretends to remember

my name

John Pappas

By Rashmi VeSa

mud cakes—

the messy bonds

of siblings

Rashmi VeSa

By Alvin B. Cruz

strumming

her ex-lover's guitar

silent rain

Alvin B. Cruz

one year sober

a dozen roses

in a wine bottle

Alvin B. Cruz

claw machine

all the ways

of letting go

Alvin B. Cruz

another year...

yesterday's rain

in the wheelbarrow

Alvin B. Cruz

By Rupa Anand

winter dawn

tiptoeing with a cup

of camomile tea

Rupa Anand

By Maciej Faliński

The sky and the sea

meet where the blues intertwine,

trapping my gaze there.

Today waves shatter the glass

of the mirror in my mind.

Maciej Faliński

From a small café

comes an unknown melody,

making me long for

everything and nothing both—

a blend of sweetness and pain

Maciej Faliński

By Nancy Brady

new year's day...

paying bills

I void the first check

Nancy Brady

By Luciana Moretto

sprig of heather

under the pillow

I wake up in the new year

Luciana Moretto

By Fatma Zohra Habis

after the sound

of a woodpecker

I inhale the silence

Fatma Zohra Habis

By Anthony Ward

Balanced into the wind the bird embraces rain

Anthony Ward

By Lakshman Bulusu

New Year’s Eve

at the stroke of midnight

every star, a new dream


Lakshman Bulusu

By AJ Johnson

winter commute

missing the sun

both ways

AJ Johnson

By Anne Fox

in the dreaming of trees

winter songs

of the afterlife

Anne Fox

stray cat…

another unanswered question

wanders away

Anne Fox

narrow path…

this endless wait

for new wings

Anne Fox

still winter…

i search the night

for a song

Anne Fox

By Nicholas Klacsanzky

with each wave

the hush of pebbles . . .

father’s ashes

Nicholas Klacsanzky

By Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

pear petals on the pavement

she asks

if everyone dies

Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

By Nicoletta Ignatti

New Year's concert—

the pianist leans

into her tune

Nicoletta Ignatti

snow wind—

how fast the cat

enters the garage

Nicoletta Ignatti

By Sharon Ferrante

he carves me a poem

in the oak

—woodpecker


Sharon Ferrante

By Katie Montagna

grey dawn

a sea of fog

hides the ocean


Katie Montagna

By Jennifer Gurney

this day

holding all the promise

of the future

Jennifer Gurney

each note

becomes the concert

piano recital

Jennifer Gurney

By Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

river station —

a string of wild ducks

continues on its way

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

By Thomas Landgraf

no matter

who is right and who is wrong...

winter stars        

Thomas Landgraf