Adrian Bouter

lovers' lane

night rain filling

beer cans

—Adrian Bouter

petting zoo

the one lamb

choosing us

—Adrian Bouter

Mona Bedi

bonsai garden—

the way little things

matter

—Mona Bedi

deep winter

more bone than skin

on mother’s hands

—Mona Bedi

leafless tree the children we lose to war

—Mona Bedi

a crescent

in the old dog's eyes

winter mist

—Mona Bedi

leaky tap I let out a gossip

—Mona Bedi

Tony Williams

ménage à trois

now à deux—

dead robin

—Tony Williams

the way

no one notices

a cherry tree in winter

—Tony Williams

Anna Goluba

thick woods

covered with moss

forgotten dreams

—Anna Goluba

Sharon Ferrante

clearing my mind

the sickle moon

pierces the pine

—Sharon Ferrante

on the last train no-one waving goldenrods

—Sharon Ferrante

Eugeniusz Zacharski

sparrows take the place

of crows in my haiku…

winter’s end

—Eugeniusz Zacharski

Robert Witmer

snowflakes

melting against the window

old photographs

—Robert Witmer

Vandana Parashar

twilit dusk

the city below nothing

but fireflies

—Vandana Parashar

Sunday choir

the gentle swaying

of bluebells

—Vandana Parashar

Susan Burch

 divorce papers losing my breath

—Susan Burch

John Pappas

online auction

placing a bid on

my childhood

—John Pappas

fossil hunting

a shoebox full

of love letters

—John Pappas

Maya Daneva

patches of water

geese searching

for spring light

—Maya Daneva

Nicoletta Ignatti

haloed moon—

dad no longer remembers

so many words

—Nicoletta Ignatti

winter storm—

everything

we had already said

—Nicoletta Ignatti

Sheikha A.

midterm

she tacks stars

on hole covered walls

—Sheikha A.

crescent moon

first rain on her

father's grave

—Sheikha A.

K. Ramesh

the train arrives...

rain drops from

another town

—K. Ramesh

Refika Dedić

boy and his dog

embracing them between the trees

the orange sun

—Refika Dedić

Hynek Koziol

zigzag line

on the viper's back -

mountain path

—Hynek Koziol

Partha Sarkar

a drop of

sunshine-

my grandchild

—Partha Sarkar

Timothy Daly & Oana Maria Cercel

tulip buds

a resting place 

for winter

—Timothy Daly & Oana Maria Cercel

Maria Concetta Conti

slow recovery

the moon illuminates

our path

—Maria Concetta Conti 

Jay Friedenberg

midterm grading

the slow hand

of the clock

—Jay Friedenberg

Randy Brooks

afloat upright

in the lake

my chi

just below

the surface

—Randy Brooks

Kelly Sargent

strawberry milk

the sweetness

of first words

—Kelly Sargent

mom’s thumbprint

on my baby picture

blue forget-me-nots

—Kelly Sargent

the day I leave blue morning glory

—Kelly Sargent

Mark Forrester

herring gull

on the river ice

one red mitten

—Mark Forrester

Melissa Laussmann

chimney smoke-

his old letters

keeping me warm

—Melissa Laussmann

traffic jam-

bird watching people

in their cages

—Melissa Laussmann

Angiola Inglese

kintsugi...

the frayed shape

of a cloud

kintsugi...

la forma sfilacciata

di una nuvola

—Angiola Inglese