Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

graveside walk

the dog and I

pull each other

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

John J. Dunphy

nursing home dad waters his dead plant —John J. Dunphy

Sharon Ferrante

picking my donuts the clerk calls me sugar 

—Sharon Ferrante

Doug Sylver

waning crescent

the croissant next

to my latte

—Doug Sylver

female cardinal

resplendent in red

sings a sermon

—Doug Sylver

Belinda Behne

late night concert

crickets

walk me home

—Belinda Behne

Susan Burch

empty nest 

no more monkeys 

jumping on the bed

—Susan Burch

Adrian Bouter

carehome 

I help her into her 

warmest cardigan

—Adrian Bouter

Alvin B. Cruz

autumn stars

what counts

in the end

—Alvin B. Cruz

 

funeral walk

everyone going

to the same place

—Alvin B. Cruz

hospice room

the old clock

stops ticking

—Alvin B. Cruz

Thomas Landgraf

train window...

city lights streak across

my reflection

—Thomas Landgraf

Nicholas Gentile

spring's warm dusk

children's laughter—

the last flicker of the day

caught

in a jar

—Nicholas Gentile

Bipasha Majumder (De)

mom's teeth

I can hear the voice

of yellow leaves

—Bipasha Majumder (De)

Haiga, by Janet Ruth

 

Anthony Ward

windfall apples the suspense of promises

—Anthony Ward

Ravi Kiran

retired tenor

the reverb

in his yawn

—Ravi Kiran

Tony Williams

scars on his shins

the blind man’s

tattoos

—Tony Williams

Suzanne Leaf-Brock

blind date

the slight smile

at her fortune cookie

—Suzanne Leaf-Brock

Nivy N

return trip—

2 passengers and 

a coffin 

—Nivy N

 

Anne Fox

river blues

the ever-changing moods

of sky

—Anne Fox

Haiga, by Josiah & Nitu Yumnam

 

Steliana Cristina Voicu

gran's tales with rose jam bring another chair 

—Steliana Cristina Voicu

poveștile bunicii 

cu dulceață de trandafiri

aduc un alt scaun

—Steliana Cristina Voicu

Lavana Kray

belated news—

mom's flowers

warmer than her hands

—Lavana Kray

Mark Forrester

mother’s china cabinet

still rattling

in another house

—Mark Forrester

Michael Battisto

climbing the trail

we used to hike together—

evening mist

falls as rain

beneath the pine trees

—Michael Battisto

Pitt Büerken

autonomous car

the driver’s hands folded

in prayer

—Pitt Büerken

retirement home

the newcomer gets used 

to brown bread

—Pitt Büerken

Joshua St. Claire

first bare branch

there I am

singing again

—Joshua St. Claire