Sathya Venkatesh

sixtieth birthday

i look for grab bars

in the restroom

—Sathya Venkatesh

Tuyet Van Do

rejection email

outside the gate

a garbage truck 

—Tuyet Van Do

Sarah Mahina Calvello

lost a dream

or two among 

wildflowers

—Sarah Mahina Calvello

Mike Gallagher

chimney

the starling chattering                                                                

alone this year

—Mike Gallagher

John J. Dunphy

fishing

I get lots of bites

from mosquitos

—John J. Dunphy

Shravan

3.04 a.m.

twenty thousandth

black sheep

—Shravan

Ravi Kiran

reeds until

they move

heron’s legs

—Ravi Kiran

Steliana Cristina Voicu

solstice—

haystacks growing

with the sun

—Steliana Cristina Voicu

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

as you lay dying

I rock your grandson

to sleep

—Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo 

Mohua Maulik

typing since dawn

i snuggle into the warmth

of a kiss

on my shoulder...

sunbeam

—Mohua Maulik

Chen-ou Liu

slanted moonlight

on nail holes in the wall ...

box after box

of my immigrant life

wrapped in shadows

—Chen-ou Liu

Melissa Laussmann

unfinished

his last letter

crescent moon

—Melissa Laussmann

Mark Hendrickson

armchair therapy

someone got a new book

for Christmas

—Mark Hendrickson

Joanna Ashwell

diary entry

a crab apple

from yesterday

—Joanna Ashwell

Cendrine Marrouat

still here

in the fading light

your roses

—Cendrine Marrouat

after the rain

a flotsam of fireflies

is enough

—Cendrine Marrouat

Pitt Büerken

Gaza Strip

even the sparrows

starving 

—Pitt Büerken

Partha Sarkar

waving fingers 

of a child—

flapping butterflies 

—Partha Sarkar 

Oscar Luparia

when the child was a child (°)

remembering the day

I fell in love

—Oscar Luparia

(°) from the poem “Song of Childhood” by Peter Handke

Kathryn Haydon

drifting leaf

will I keep 

my resolutions

—Kathryn Haydon

Anne Fox

wave after wave                   

the night migration

of sparrows

—Anne Fox

Rita R Melissano

gazing at the mirror her longest relationship

—Rita R Melissano

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

after U-turn

the road to home

waning moon

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Louise Hopewell

reaching out

to a long-lost friend

sea mist

—Louise Hopewell

Ann Sullivan

summer rain . . .

after the service

his son laughs his laugh 

—Ann Sullivan

Joseph Howse

the snow moon in the fox's eye ... chiaroscuro

—Joseph Howse