Jo Balistreri

dandelions

mother’s jam jar

of wild sprouts

—Jo Balistreri

Amir Kapetanović

great grandpa’s loft

on a dusty old bond

a fingerprint

—Amir Kapetanović

Anna Eklund-Cheong

neglected garden . . .

dry hydrangea heads

bent in heavy snow

—Anna Eklund-Cheong

homemade jams . . .

grandma always has enough

wooden spoons

—Anna Eklund-Cheong

stopping

in mid-stride . . .

camellias

—Anna Eklund-Cheong

Maya Daneva

hammock moon

the squeaking of my son’s swing

brings him to the stars

—Maya Daneva

Adrian Bouter

weathered statue -

around the late dictator

well-kept flowerbeds

—Adrian Bouter

Mark Gilbert

cherry sunset

my tongue bathes

in saccharin

—Mark Gilbert

Sharon Ferrante

 falling write through it all

—Sharon Ferrante

I got nothin

no train to ride

no sax in tune

no strange city

under a violet moon

—Sharon Ferrante

Haiga, by Mark Meyer

 

—Mark Meyer

John Hawkhead

sunflower fields

a background buzz

of bullets

—John Hawkhead

Jay Friedenberg

family plot

our ancestors'

tangled roots

—Jay Friedenberg

Mile Lisica

blood transfusion –

between two drops

sunset

—Mile Lisica

new flowers

above his grave

catch the sun

—Mile Lisica

Mike Fainzilber

mountain and lake

the silence

of not talking

—Mike Fainzilber

hospital café

soap and soup

same color

—Mike Fainzilber

zazen

the fold

in my underwear

—Mike Fainzilber

panic attack

the mountain

always there

—Mike Fainzilber

Jacob D. Salzer

tangled chains

around the cemetery gate

the scent of moss

—Jacob D. Salzer

unprepared

on a long journey

with no destination

what should I carry?

a forest path fades into fog

—Jacob D. Salzer

Susan Burch

how you rub me

the wrong way

Brillo pad

—Susan Burch

bluebells

hanging low

for a while

—Susan Burch

Thomas Landgraf

spring wind...

so strong

this feeling i'm under

—Thomas Landgraf

Hynek Koziol

walk with mom

this much space in her jacket

for the evening breeze

—Hynek Koziol

Nicoletta Ignatti

spring fog-

he asks if the man in the painting

is his father

—Nicoletta Ignatti

on the hills

here and there splashes of sun -

dandelion in bloom

—Nicoletta Ignatti

Mona Bedi

cloud animals

the lingering memory

of my childhood sky

—Mona Bedi

Anne Fox

black ink

a trail of words

becomes night

—Anne Fox

slow snowmelt

the many blues

of a winter sea

—Anne Fox

Paul Callus

spring waves—

a cornfield yields

to the wind

—Paul Callus

Mark Forrester

sparrow’s song

gathering twigs

after the rainstorm

—Mark Forrester

Marilyn Humbert

the blank page

in my diary continues

to taunt me

outside the window

a single rose unfurls

—Marilyn Humbert

Ben Oliver

reading the breeze house martins

—Ben Oliver

John Pappas

moonrise

the sigh of the

porch swing

—John Pappas

Lavana Kray

swarm of bees—

the straight and crooked trees

bloom the same

—Lavana Kray

pressed flower

between the diary pages—

no memory

—Lavana Kray