Alvin B. Cruz

 grief the length of a summer rainbow

—Alvin B. Cruz

Sharon Ferrante

midnight crickets getting louder my weeping 

—Sharon Ferrante

Louise Hopewell

first light

mist curls through

wattle blossoms

—Louise Hopewell

Nicoletta Ignatti

the gossip

at her wedding –

 croaking crows

—Nicoletta Ignatti

Boryana Boteva

L for Love

the missing key 

of the typewriter 

—Boryana Boteva

Neena Singh

after our quarrel

the dog chooses 

     his side

—Neena Singh

John Hawkhead

ghost moon

over silent snow

the slow fall

—John Hawkhead

care home register

no one left to talk to

on the winter beach

—John Hawkhead

Stacy R. Nigliazzo

softly 

this conflagration

of wings

—Stacy R. Nigliazzo

Thomas Landgraf

gong!

Zojo-ji Temple

at twilight

—Thomas Landgraf

Duncan Richardson

outside the café

fake ice cream cone

taller than me

—Duncan Richardson

Wendy Cobourne

bomb rubble

a crack of sunlight

in a child’s eyes

—Wendy Cobourne

Rohan Buettel

tucked in tight

on a cool evening

hibiscus flower

—Rohan Buettel

Ravi Kiran

 the many dialects of silent treatment

—Ravi Kiran 

reunion

my long-term memory

is much better

—Ravi Kiran 

turbulence

the airhostess holds on

to her smile

—Ravi Kiran

late night census

some of the sheep

look familiar

—Ravi Kiran

Jerome Berglund

horns pointed 

toward the sky 

a morning fanfare

—Jerome Berglund

Anirudh Acharya

candlelit dinner—

needing a phone light 

to look at the menu 

—Anirudh Acharya

Jay Friedenberg

cloud gazing

a giraffe becomes

a line of elephants

—Jay Friedenberg

palimpset

a few traces

of his old self

—Jay Friedenberg

Albert Schlaht

summer moon

the path to her

open arms 

—Albert Schlaht

Haiga, by Richard West

 

Hynek Koziol

just a butterfly

the yellow

of leaves 

—Hynek Koziol

autumn crocuses

counting twenty-nine

reasons to be happy

—Hynek Koziol

Lev Hart

 at a glance the hedge stops    cheeping    baby sparrows 

—Lev Hart

afternoon

sun

rock

climbing

beside

a

waterfall

—Lev Hart

searching for clues —

why

did i open this drawer

—Lev Hart