Pitt Büerken

new girlfriend 

his problems 

old ones 

—Pitt Büerken

Robert Witmer

wallpaper peeling potatoes for dinner alone

—Robert Witmer

thin shade

a sapling in moonlight

over her grave

—Robert Witmer

Scott Wiggerman

 trying to read the crane's calls 

—Scott Wiggerman

Sarah Mahina Calvello

sidewalk café 

the new faces 

of the moon 

—Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Yearling, a haibun by Colleen M. Farrelly

Spring blooms azaleas, crocuses, and snowdrops. The moon rises and sets and rises again. A fox kit scampers off for the first time. 

Later, I reconnect with old friends at the lake cabin bonfire.

 

rosebud  the  prick  of  passing  time

I                                  travel

prune                              last

my                                 year’s

friend                             daisies

list                               bloom

post-election howling at the moon again

Haiga

 Photo: Jan Daly. Text : Oana Cercel & Timothy Daly.

Thomas Landgraf

jeweler's window

the sparkle

in mother's eye

—Thomas Landgraf

Nancy Brady

going down easier

than my pronunciation

—Gewürztraminer

—Nancy Brady

Manasa Reddy Chichili

autumn wind

children trace 

the dragonfly

—Manasa Reddy Chichili

Adrian Bouter

nude dune  grasses cling to the breeze

—Adrian Bouter

Fatma Zohra Habis

his words—

raindrops tapping

on my windowpane

—Fatma Zohra Habis

dry river

I still hear

childhood echoes 

—Fatma Zohra Habis

Mona Iordan

wedding fireworks

the beggar on the street

laughs happily

—Mona Iordan

Nicholas Gentile

the nun fixed upon

an ink drop on my shirt

a slap in the face

to make me 

closer to god

—Nicholas Gentile  

a year after—

my mother's closet

just her scent

—Nicholas Gentile  

Adele Evershed

seed-fall moon

another thing

to blame on mum

—Adele Evershed

Sam Cassidy

laden car

the empty room

in the care home

—Sam Cassidy

sun-soaked garden

the abundance

of marrow

—Sam Cassidy

Chen-ou Liu

blossom on blossom

I wish I could 

let go of the past

—Chen-ou Liu

a flock of geese

flapping twilight silence

tenth year in exile

—Chen-ou Liu

Haiga, by Richard West

 

Text & Image by Richard West.

Haiga, by Xiaoou Chen & Zixia Liu

Text: Xiaoou Chen. 

Image: Zixia Liu.

Aleksandra Rybczyńska

dewdrops

caught in the spiderweb

the morning sun

—Aleksandra Rybczyńska

Haiga, by Nitu Yumnam

Federico C. Peralta

 still noon sky—

   rhythmic tap tap 

      a walking stick

—Federico C. Peralta

in my silent room

devoid of your warm presence

I remember you...

long-stemmed rose in the vase

sharing my deep solitude 

—Federico C. Peralta

Ravi Kiran

all your flaws

should I instead

count sheep

—Ravi Kiran

miles apart

touch your cheek

for me

—Ravi Kiran

Deborah Karl-Brandt

the swallows are back

as they flit through the sky

I think of my father-in-law

his ashen face

his rattling breaths

—Deborah Karl-Brandt

Dagmara Wieczorkowska

catnip scent

one more speck

on the cat’s nose

—Dagmara Wieczorkowska

pale Mercury

on a dawning sky –

a robin's chirp 

—Dagmara Wieczorkowska

Castor and Pollux

between two fingers

light years

—Dagmara Wieczorkowska

Nitu Yumnam

childhood swing

i am still

out of breath

—Nitu Yumnam