Valentina Ranaldi-Adams

hot buns

seat warmers

in the new car

—Valentina Ranaldi-Adams

Jerome Berglund

over the hill

in bright procession

prayer beads

—Jerome Berglund

Albert Schlaht

waxing moon—

receding deeper into the forest

the night

—Albert Schlaht

Pitt Büerken

morning lake

the swans and I 

sharing problems

—Pitt Büerken

Marie Derley

Valentine's Day

roses sticking out of

the school bags

 

Saint-Valentin

des roses dépassent

des cartables

—Marie Derley

Partha Sarkar

alone under

a tree in rain

nostalgia

—Partha Sarkar

Oscar Luparia

bare trees

still in full bloom

my dreams

—Oscar Luparia

M. R. Pelletier

lighting a fire 

in the dark

morning chill

—M. R. Pelletier

Mark Forrester

mother’s day brunch

splitting the cost

of her scars

—Mark Forrester

Chen-ou Liu

cough on cough ...

yet still

this empty room

—Chen-ou Liu

funeral

against the winter sunset 

the widow’s silhouette

—Chen-ou Liu

Jonathan English

on the metro

how carefully we all

look away

—Jonathan English 

Vaishnavi Ramaswamy

in memory

of my daughter

a field of pink carnations

—Vaishnavi Ramaswamy

Joshua St. Claire

Nessun Dorma

silenced by the din

of snow

—Joshua St. Claire

Diane Webster

frozen pond

buried in snow

the frog’s croak

—Diane Webster

Monica Kakkar

silence within . . .

leaving the valley

withered leaves 

—Monica Kakkar 

last to leave 

my neck of the woods . . . 

out-of-season blooms

—Monica Kakkar 

Mircea Moldovan

frozen day—

she breaks into pieces 

the pregnancy test

—Mircea Moldovan

we were all laughing

at dad's off-colour jokes...

now his ashes

float with decency

above the bear den

—Mircea Moldovan

Nicoletta Ignatti

candied oranges

throughout the house

December

—Nicoletta Ignatti

Alvin B. Cruz

broken clock

this longing

to start again

—Alvin B. Cruz

New Year

reshuffling the cards

of solitaire

—Alvin B. Cruz

Tejendra Sherchan

how my joy falls the night jasmines

—Tejendra Sherchan

Boryana Boteva

plum blossoms 

so many expectations

on my way home

—Boryana Boteva

winter fog

the slow emergence 

of my consciousness

—Boryana Boteva

Jade Kleiner

baby crying

a guilty pile of

husky poop

—Jade Kleiner

the bagel line

is far too long

ego death

—Jade Kleiner

late train

my mind drifts

to pornography

—Jade Kleiner

Ravi Kiran

cloudless sky

the blues

you left behind

—Ravi Kiran

Richard E Schell

old graveyard

snow collects

on child’s name

—Richard E Schell

Lucas Weissenborn

departure

steaming

asphalt

—Lucas Weissenborn

Mike Fainzilber

a riot of reds bougainvillea

—Mike Fainzilber