By Susan Bonk Plumridge

my words

published with others

pieces in a quilt

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Tim Murphy

overhearing

a strange conversation

winter dusk

Tim Murphy

By Sushama Kapur

silence closes in the touch of a whisper


Sushama Kapur

By Kelly Sauvage

cage-free the bleat of a rather fine poem

Kelly Sauvage

By Barrie Levine

frigid temps her shadow too thin for winter

Barrie Levine

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

until i can exhale the darkest ravine

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Susan K Beard

Tonight

while you danced with another

I remembered

Susan K Beard

By Keith Evetts

Valentine what's a few more wrinkles

Keith Evetts

By John J. Dunphy

drizzled with cake coloring —

my gay neighbors build

a rainbow snowperson

John J. Dunphy

By Robert Epstein

no mention

of hope or destiny

sea spray

Robert Epstein

Daniela Misso

gulls blend into the horizon sea splash

Daniela Misso

By John J. Dunphy

trash pickup eve

working its way down the street

a raccoon

John J. Dunphy

David Ngo

Tiger, please lend me 

your strokes to write on the door

‘Prosperity’.

David Ngo

Mona Bedi

spring festival–

dragons from my childhood

dance on the road


Mona Bedi

By Brad Bennett

spring recess

playground mud sticks 

to their soles

Brad Bennett

By Elancharan Gunasekaran

twilight funeral restless harbour winds

Elancharan Gunasekaran

Joanna Ashwell

silence

in every room

the sunlight

becoming a halo

around open wings

Joanna Ashwell

By Veronika Zora Novak

shape-shifting the sound of skeleton keys

Veronika Zora Novak

By Joe Sebastian

end of long day

i invite the Milky Way

through my window

Joe Sebastian

By Pippa Phillips

singing bowl

tracing the circle

of my sorrow

Pippa Phillips