By Kat Lehmann

midnight rainstorm all that can be imagined

Kat Lehmann

By Pravat Kumar Padhy

her cloth

soaked with tears…

on the edge

of curled green leaf

the burden of the heavy rains

Pravat Kumar Padhy

By Lori A Minor

the hunger moon on food stamps

Lori A Minor

By Bill Waters

croaking crow:

you scold me as if

I were to blame,

as if I were the cause

of your hidden sorrow

Bill Waters

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

grieving under a Covid moon

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By John J. Dunphy

Veterans' Day

panhandler points to

his Purple Heart

John J. Dunphy

By Pat Davis

slap of a beaver's tail

a branch skims the surface

of dawn

Pat Davis

By B.A. France

bottom of the glass

finity of a lone

ice cube

B.A. France

By Lori A Minor

my anxiety a fish out of water

Lori A Minor

By Pat Davis

rain on the river

then a rainbow

trout

Pat Davis

By Goran Gatalica

constant rain...

the stringy ponytail follows

its mother's shadow

Goran Gatalica

By Rp Verlaine

drawing the rings

of Saturn to escape

steady crayon

Rp Verlaine

By John J. Dunphy

homeless encampment

hanging from the dead tree

a birdhouse

John J. Dunphy

By Ron Scully

bike ride

fall leaves backpedal

to the madras ground

Ron Scully

By Veronika Zora Novak

ghos(t)rain

Veronika Zora Novak

By Goran Gatalica

evening glow —

a complete circle

of honey bee

 

Goran Gatalica

By Rp Verlaine

ambitious

the tomcat leaves house

with three loves waiting

Rp Verlaine

By Pere Risteski

a circle next to circle full moon

Pere Risteski

By Orrin PréJean

my naked body

and the black orchids

in dusk    

Orrin PréJean

By Veronika Zora Novak

in the mind

of the mountain . . .

hidden dragon

Veronika Zora Novak

By John J. Dunphy

drawing water

in the well bucket

an eyeless fish

John J. Dunphy

By Mike Gallagher

catching only

their own reflections

glaring eyes

Mike Gallagher

By Ron Scully

5th Avenue

candy wrapper whips down the street

disguised as trash

 

Ron Scully

By Veronika Zora Novak and Dennis Hartman

akitsu moon . . .

his gossamer breath

i breathe

Veronika Zora Novak and Dennis Hartman

By Pere Risteski

the silence

of my bones 

young moon

 

Pere Risteski

By Mike Gallagher

early morning

in the thorn bush

sleepy twittering

Mike Gallagher

By Christina Chin

rosemary smoke

in the charcoal grill

autumn eggplant

Christina Chin

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

when the rest of the world

is asleep

listen carefully 

this is when 

life speaks to us

through poems

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz