By Zoran Doderović

snowflakes

on outstretched palms –

my childhood

Zoran Doderović

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

crossing cultures

an acceptance that people

are people

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Tim Muphy

open book 

the child speaks 

its first words

Tim Muphy

Katherine E Winnick

poet

cast your line

says the fisherman

Katherine E Winnick

By Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

alone at home

a touch of lipstick

to feel alive

Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

By Douglas J. Lanzo

blue and yellow

encircle the night

London Eye

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Maria Teresa Piras

March sky —

the Kiev moon

so pale

Maria Teresa Piras

By Julie Bloss Kelsey

tucking them in

one by one

stars

Julie Bloss Kelsey

By Veronika Zora Novak

blue hour moon

wishing to be anyone

but me

Veronika Zora Novak

Chen-ou Liu

street preaching

a sudden burst

of birdsong

Chen-ou Liu

By Anthony Ward

Moth splashes into window

Swimming up to the light

Drowning out darkness

Anthony Ward

John Hawkhead

oceanic spray

great clouds billow

from walrus nostrils

John Hawkhead

Ruth Holzer

white peony

on the window sill

red ants

Ruth Holzer

By Ramesh Anand

monsoon romance

our sips of tea

from one saucer

Ramesh Anand

By Madisen Bellon

clouded eyes blank mind

a light bulb dimmed flickering

please remember me

Madisen Bellon

By Keith Evetts

gathering night crows don't seem to listen

Keith Evetts

Joanna Ashwell

I draw

a fresh scene

the Mad Hatter

spilling stars

shaped around time

Joanna Ashwell

By Pippa Phillips

so long

for the grape

to darken into wine

in this bitter sip I can taste

the shadow of the sun

Pippa Phillips

By John J. Dunphy

thaw

rapidly shrinking

snowman's genitalia

John J. Dunphy

By Lucia Cardillo

early daffodils ...

what i know

about spring

Lucia Cardillo

Vincenzo Adamo

wildflowers—

in my son's drawings

tanks

Vincenzo Adamo

By Mirela Brăilean

months of war

the blackbird's song

nested in me

Mirela Brăilean

By Mircea Moldovan

spring's lullaby sweet goat's milk

Mircea Moldovan

By Barrie Levine

her voice

flowing with the river . . .

spring thaw

Barrie Levine

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

unfurling tulips

another spring

another war

Deborah Karl-Brandt