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

Susan Burch

sitting on

our new couch

how supportive

you are

in front of other people

Susan Burch

By Nani Mariani

red candles

and fireworks

Gong Xi Fa Cai


Nani Mariani

John Hawkhead

stethoscope chill

the doctor tells me

the good news first

John Hawkhead

Mark Meyer

another friend lost

in this new wilderness —

a distant foghorn

Mark Meyer

Ruth Holzer

dropping like flies...

all the film stars

I had crushes on

Ruth Holzer

By Alan Peat

mainly by email

my peer group

dying

Alan Peat

By Mariel Herbert

wild rye gone to seed long-haired poodle

Mariel Herbert