dry season
the etched patterns on a sandy stream bed
Jay Friedenberg
Valentine's Day
blooming in our front yard
a heart of crocus
John J. Dunphy
room full of
butterflies
she smiles
Ram Chandran
attacking
from all corners
yellow dust
Ernesto P. Santiago
crimson...
the dust between our lives
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
south wind
not quite himself
a snow angel
Samo Kreutz
cosmic sounds
in moonless night
music of Bach
Tsanka Shishkova
thousands of yearsin my pocket
pebbles
reaching beyond
what was possible skipping stones
forgetting my age
hairline cracks
in the vase
Thomas Tilton
slowly sinking
into the thawing pond
our Christmas tree
not the mask
I'm I'm
wearing
radio static noise now playing coldplay
Elancharan Gunasekaran
a forgotten galaxy the river without a name
heavy rain -
the song of the blackbird so far away
Angiola Inglese
daddy penguins gathering for a good gossip
Sherry Grant
in and out
the ventilator moves air
between life and death
John Hawkhead
severed head
the phantom pull
of a leg cramp
tree stump
the drought years now pelted
by raindrops
shattered
icicles on the lawn
— morning sunbeams
B.A. France
fishing line
waiting for the tug
of a haiku
Minal Sarosh
kingfisher
a perfect rainbow
my fish gone
north wind porcupine tooth marks scar a sapling
Kristen Lindquist
traveler
in the wider worldspinning the globe
Mirela Brăilean
bed of nails
becoming used
to having no point
miners' shacks
their stories
in the wind
Sharon Rhutasel-Jones
full moon -
looking for a noise
inside silence
Maria Teresa Sisti
white sails
butterflies ride sea breezes
out in the bay
Mike Gallagher