Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Monday, August 4, 2025

Fatma Zohra Habis

his words—

raindrops tapping

on my windowpane

—Fatma Zohra Habis


dry river

I still hear

childhood echoes 

—Fatma Zohra Habis

Mona Iordan

wedding fireworks

the beggar on the street

laughs happily

—Mona Iordan

Nicholas Gentile

the nun fixed upon

an ink drop on my shirt

a slap in the face

to make me 

closer to god

—Nicholas Gentile  


a year after—

my mother's closet

just her scent

—Nicholas Gentile  


Adele Evershed

seed-fall moon

another thing

to blame on mum

—Adele Evershed

Friday, August 1, 2025

Sam Cassidy

laden car

the empty room

in the care home

—Sam Cassidy


sun-soaked garden

the abundance

of marrow

—Sam Cassidy

Chen-ou Liu

blossom on blossom

I wish I could 

let go of the past

—Chen-ou Liu


a flock of geese

flapping twilight silence

tenth year in exile

—Chen-ou Liu

Haiga, by Richard West

 

Text & Image by Richard West.

Haiga, by Xiaoou Chen & Zixia Liu


Text: Xiaoou Chen. 

Image: Zixia Liu.

Aleksandra Rybczyńska

dewdrops

caught in the spiderweb

the morning sun

—Aleksandra Rybczyńska

Haiga, by Nitu Yumnam




Federico C. Peralta

 still noon sky—

   rhythmic tap tap 

      a walking stick

—Federico C. Peralta


in my silent room

devoid of your warm presence

I remember you...

long-stemmed rose in the vase

sharing my deep solitude 

—Federico C. Peralta

Ravi Kiran

all your flaws

should I instead

count sheep

—Ravi Kiran


miles apart

touch your cheek

for me

—Ravi Kiran

Deborah Karl-Brandt

the swallows are back

as they flit through the sky

I think of my father-in-law

his ashen face

his rattling breaths

—Deborah Karl-Brandt


Dagmara Wieczorkowska

catnip scent

one more speck

on the cat’s nose

—Dagmara Wieczorkowska


pale Mercury

on a dawning sky –

a robin's chirp 

—Dagmara Wieczorkowska


Castor and Pollux

between two fingers

light years

—Dagmara Wieczorkowska


Nitu Yumnam

childhood swing

i am still

out of breath

—Nitu Yumnam


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