Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Oscar Luparia

bare oaks

all their branches

hold up the sky

Oscar Luparia

By Yvona Fast

Empty birch branches

stand bent, gaunt in bitter cold

Sheets of ice clinging.


Yvona Fast

By Gavin Austin

sleeping alone

the length of night

on your pillow


Gavin Austin

Xiaoou Chen

slowed-down pace

the raindrops no longer

beat on my face


Xiaoou Chen

By Anne Curran

cloud nestles

into mountain curves

afternoon sun


Anne Curran

By Douglas J. Lanzo

sun-warmed branches

grandma’s love

nourishing our tree


Douglas J. Lanzo

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

By Helen Ogden

high tide

bits of the seal

float back to sea

Helen Ogden

Daniela Misso

wind-beaten grass

all the things

I leave behind

Daniela Misso

By Alison Rogers

waves break

seagulls

at the shoreline

Alison Rogers

By Dejan Ivanovic

gusts of wind


are quieter I sail to


another spring



Dejan Ivanovic

Monday, February 26, 2024

Pitt Büerken

alphabet soup

the first grader puts words

on the plate's edge


Pitt Büerken

By Georg Cook

A pebble thrown

Causes ripples

The water returns to stillness


Georg Cook



A flame is lit

Sparking into life

Darkness ebbs away


Georg Cook

By Wiesław Karliński

anthropocene

one of last evening songs

by frog choir

Wiesław Karliński

By John J. Dunphy

gangster's funeral

circulating among the mourners

process servers

John J. Dunphy

Sunday, February 25, 2024

By Biswajit Mishra

cold wave—

trash can by the curb

left open-mouthed


Biswajit Mishra

Robert Witmer

patches of snow

on a sunny street

childhood memories

Robert Witmer

By Liz Kornelsen

Winter Treat


snow tumbles, gathers

into popcorn balls on shrubs

please—hold the butter!

Liz Kornelsen

Govind Joshi

winter holidays

a trip

for the snowflakes

Govind Joshi

By Jovana Dragojlovic

winter evening

snowflakes on the palm

remind me of us

Jovana Dragojlovic

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Eugeniusz Zacharski

astral light—

poetry emerges

from the void


Eugeniusz Zacharski



eagerly waiting

for the solar eclipse

to end...

cherry blossoms

Eugeniusz Zacharski

By Amrutha V Prabhu

i war in words

with all who war

tales of the tomb

Amrutha V Prabhu



his silence

between the lines

a calm sea-voice

Amrutha V Prabhu

By Kavita Ratna

pink dissolves

into layers of grey

gull landings


Kavita Ratna

By Lucia Cardillo

pink petals…

when you choose to stay

only in silence


Lucia Cardillo



petali rosa …

quando scegli di stare

solo in silenzio


Lucia Cardillo

By Bipasha Majumder (De)

moonflowers

heavenly beauty hidden

in dark

Bipasha Majumder (De)

Lakshman Bulusu

jasmine petals in her hair

tones from a symphony

on and on without pause

 

Lakshman Bulusu

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