Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Maciej Faliński

The sky and the sea

meet where the blues intertwine,

trapping my gaze there.

Today waves shatter the glass

of the mirror in my mind.

Maciej Faliński



From a small café

comes an unknown melody,

making me long for

everything and nothing both—

a blend of sweetness and pain

Maciej Faliński

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Nancy Brady

new year's day...

paying bills

I void the first check

Nancy Brady

Luciana Moretto

sprig of heather

under the pillow

I wake up in the new year

Luciana Moretto

Fatma Zohra Habis

after the sound

of a woodpecker

I inhale the silence

Fatma Zohra Habis

Anthony Ward

Balanced into the wind the bird embraces rain

Anthony Ward

Lakshman Bulusu

New Year’s Eve

at the stroke of midnight

every star, a new dream


Lakshman Bulusu

AJ Johnson

winter commute

missing the sun

both ways

AJ Johnson

Anne Fox

in the dreaming of trees

winter songs

of the afterlife

Anne Fox



stray cat…

another unanswered question

wanders away

Anne Fox



narrow path…

this endless wait

for new wings

Anne Fox



still winter…

i search the night

for a song

Anne Fox

Nicholas Klacsanzky

with each wave

the hush of pebbles . . .

father’s ashes


Nicholas Klacsanzky

Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

pear petals on the pavement

she asks

if everyone dies

Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

Nicoletta Ignatti

New Year's concert—

the pianist leans

into her tune

Nicoletta Ignatti



snow wind—

how fast the cat

enters the garage

Nicoletta Ignatti

Sharon Ferrante

he carves me a poem

in the oak

woodpecker


Sharon Ferrante

Katie Montagna

grey dawn

a sea of fog

hides the ocean


Katie Montagna

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

river station —

a string of wild ducks

continues on its way

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

Jennifer Gurney

this day

holding all the promise

of the future

Jennifer Gurney



each note

becomes the concert

piano recital

Jennifer Gurney

Thomas Landgraf

no matter

who is right and who is wrong...

winter stars        

Thomas Landgraf

Govind Joshi

waning moon

slowing down

of the old walker

Govind Joshi

Alexis Rotella

down the sink


all your exotic bottles

of sauces and vinegars

the orange-flower water

how it pains me

to break its seal

Alexis Rotella

Janet Krauss

a heft of silence

as I leave

my old home

carrying

my sack of longing

Janet Krauss

Katherine E Winnick

a blackbird

on the runway

left behind


Katherine E Winnick

Steliana Voicu

ice flowers…

on my window

moon stories

Steliana Voicu


 

Royal Train arrives —

in the old man's hands

trembling chrysanthemums

Steliana Voicu

Sarah Mahina Calvello

cold clouds

In a Van Gogh sky

Winter

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tuyet Van Do

sipping ginger tea

as I read the newsfeed

a new president
 

Tuyet Van Do



garage sale —

in the garden corner

Buddha's grin

Tuyet Van Do

Oscar Luparia

foggy dawn

the milk froth

in my first coffee


Oscar Luparia

 

 

pick-up points . . .

the sledge of Santa

lighter and lighter


Oscar Luparia

 



Christmas parties

please everyone remember

not to overdo

Oscar Luparia

Kelly Sargent

bony fingers of lightening her hair caught in his grip

Kelly Sargent



picking up the pieces purple heart

Kelly Sargent

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