Hifsa Ashraf

divorce day—  

mold on the bread

getting darker

—Hifsa Ashraf

Robert Witmer

sleeping

against a wall

homeless shadows

—Robert Witmer

Randy Brooks

drive-in theater

we never watched the movie

until we had kids

—Randy Brooks

Urszula Marciniak

waiting

the young boy tries to count 

snowflakes

—Urszula Marciniak

oczekiwanie

młody chłopiec próbuje policzyć

płatki śniegu

—Urszula Marciniak

Haiga by Manasa Reddy Chichili

 

Art & haiku by Manasa Reddy Chichili

Chen-ou Liu

a girl in red

silhouetted against the glow

of a streetlight

the spark of her cigarette

deepens this winter night

—Chen-ou Liu

my mind

straddled between cliché

and half-baked idea …

suddenly a burst 

of skylark song

—Chen-ou Liu

John Hawkhead

wilting tree

white branches stretch out

round her belly

—John Hawkhead

M. R. Pelletier

pine grove

each needle

points the way

—M. R. Pelletier

Joanna Ashwell

morning rooster

the repetition

of rainfall

—Joanna Ashwell

Tejendra Sherchan

inspiring me

to live no matter what

morning glories

—Tejendra Sherchan

Lev Hart

hand in hand

the quarrel continued

in our heads

—Lev Hart

Bryan Rickert

first frost

the suddenness 

of no birdsong

—Bryan Rickert

deep woods

     deer tails

          leap away

—Bryan Rickert

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