Govind Joshi

monsoon drizzle

an ant circling

on the taro leaf

—Govind Joshi 

hibiscus bloom

spider siblings

learning to weave

—Govind Joshi 

Vaishnavi Pusapati

narrow mountain road

both drivers

unrelenting

—Vaishnavi Pusapati

monday morning

office plant and I

both droopy

—Vaishnavi Pusapati

Tim Dwyer

Botanic Gardens

the apple tree tagged

in loving memory

—Tim Dwyer

chemo infusion

you and me in paradise

on the radio

—Tim Dwyer

phone booth locked 

on an empty crossroad—

missed calls

—Tim Dwyer

 

Sharon Ferrante

wine at dusk 

my dark wings 

growing 

—Sharon Ferrante

Kelly Sargent

apple blossoms 

the truths 

a child knows  

—Kelly Sargent

taking the long way home strawberry fields

—Kelly Sargent

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

the moment

the fireworks

dim your shadow

—Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

Jefferson Limos

night sky

on my bureau mirror

insomnia

—Jefferson Limos 

Alvin B. Cruz

the folded secrets

in her diary

paper cranes

—Alvin B. Cruz

those who remain missing stars at dawn

—Alvin B. Cruz

a conch shell

held close to my ear

unsaid goodbyes

—Alvin B. Cruz

Tejendra Sherchan

scientists prediction

we would be immortal

by twenty thirty

—Tejendra Sherchan

Kila Lim

summer's end

the long road back

from the ocean

—Kila Lim

Meera Rehm

love in the air—

two hoverflies circle 

my hanging lamp

—Meera Rehm

endless wars—

from the barstool

we debate peace

—Meera Rehm

Eugeniusz Zacharski

Milky Way—

living and dead

on their way around

—Eugeniusz Zacharski

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

old station 

part tracks 

part poppies

—Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

Dan C. Iulian

children's hospital

asking the nurse 

for cotton candy

—Dan C. Iulian

Marie-Ange Claude (Angee Mac)

summer eve

around the glasses our troubles drown

—Marie-Ange Claude (Angee Mac)

soirée  d’été

autour des verres nos soucis se noient 

—Marie-Ange Claude (Angee Mac)

Randy Brooks

piano lesson

Monet’s blue bridge

over lilies

—Randy Brooks

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