Gary D. Grossman

another funeral

ash leaves spiral down

three score and eleven

—Gary D. Grossman

Joshua St. Claire

the blue before the red before the blue before the insomnia dawn

—Joshua St. Claire

visiting poets

from Gliese 581c

wondering aloud

what all the fuss is about

our one and only moon

—Joshua St. Claire

Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont

trench soldier

his tomb covered by petals

falling in the mud

 

soldat de tranchée

sa tombe couverte de pétales

tombe dans la boue

—Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont

Amber Winter

weighted snow

we sit in silence

as it piled up

—Amber Winter

Padma Rajeswari Tata

verdant hills . . . 

the scattering

of dad's ashes

—Padma Rajeswari Tata

Mohua Maulik

heatwave

seeking refuge in the temple

a butterfly

—Mohua Maulik

Bona M. Santos

new moon

the cold glow

of a firefly lantern

—Bona M. Santos

Steliana Cristina Voicu

the wind scatters

the linden blossoms…

on my porch

more and more

ballerina dresses

—Steliana Cristina Voicu

Boryana Boteva

marigold in bloom 

in the garden 

my old love 

—Boryana Boteva 

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