Pitt Büerken

canoe tour

on the rivolet

we look

against the shore

all the time

—Pitt Büerken

Ruth Holzer

even in the snow those blue tents of the homeless

—Ruth Holzer

Jerome Berglund

monday morning 

taking inventory 

at the liquor store 

—Jerome Berglund

Meagan Bussert

due date today

she folds and refolds

the new nappy

—Meagan Bussert

Richard L. Matta

sudden gust

in mid-life...

a rainbow kite

—Richard L. Matta

Ravi Kiran

far from home

the familiar language

of a robin

—Ravi Kiran

Helen Sokolsky

barefoot in the barn

wildflowers tickle my toes

through open cracks

—Helen Sokolsky

Agnieszka Filipek

 at the gate

of the old cemetery

forget–me–nots

—Agnieszka Filipek

przy bramie

na stary cmentarz

niezapominajki

—Agnieszka Filipek

old mill house

water wheel full

of cherry blossom

—Agnieszka Filipek

stary młyn

koło wodne pełne

kwiatów wiśni

—Agnieszka Filipek

Nitu Yumnam

half-open bud

the commas in the voice  

of the bullied

—Nitu Yumnam

Vaishnavi Pusapati

 Women’s History Month,

        among pictures of Curie and Rosa Parks,

                                        my grandmother’s picture.

—Vaishnavi Pusapati

horror movie-

leaving the bed light on...

—Vaishnavi Pusapati

Devoshruti Mandal

orange horizon

her hennaed hair 

spills gold 

—Devoshruti Mandal 

Jennifer Gurney

dreaming 

myself an artist

solo exhibition

—Jennifer Gurney

afternoon shadows

I play jump rope

with the wind

—Jennifer Gurney

Manoj Sharma

father-son

more like

a puzzle

—Manoj Sharma 

late night bus

all the lights are on

no soul to count

—Manoj Sharma 

traffic noise

the rising and fading

of stadium cheers

—Manoj Sharma 

Zuzanna Truchlewska

migratory birds—

memory of you

comes back

—Zuzanna Truchlewska

Chen-ou Liu

false dawn ...

first to rise, my twin toddlers

sing up the sun 

—Chen-ou Liu

the newborn

between in-laws and her

hard-edged sunlight

—Chen-ou Liu

office gossip

the chirrups

of crickets

—Chen-ou Liu

alone in half-light

my mother folding clothes

like a retail pro ...

the comfort of routine

in this war-shaken world

—Chen-ou Liu

Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky

kazoo band

penguins marching

to the sea

—Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky

Arvinder Kaur

gran’s journal 

daydreams of fifty years 

yellowing

—Arvinder Kaur

Doug Sylver

the morning she

left me for good

spotless coffee cup 

—Doug Sylver

Gareth Nurden

middle of summer

lapping waves

lifting her sundress

—Gareth Nurden

Anne Fox

knee-deep in dawn

where the road was

a heron

—Anne Fox

midnight sail

skimming the surface

of stars

—Anne Fox

Diane Webster

on the lake

a rowboat ripples across

the swan’s wake

—Diane Webster

Joanna Ashwell

sunflower dowry

the first nod

of dewfall

—Joanna Ashwell

Vaishnavi Ramaswamy

how rapidly 

those memories swell 

like chia seeds in water

i soak my anger

and drink it down

—Vaishnavi Ramaswamy

seven times over

nomads

changing homes 

my son revels

in the joy of new spaces

—Vaishnavi Ramaswamy

Monica Kakkar

grandmas leave

aromas in the alley . . .

Eid al-Adha

—Monica Kakkar

Nivy

the glow

on mother's face...

brahmakamalam

—Nivy