By B.A. France

long breaths

at twilight

waiting

B.A. France

John J. Dunphy

homeless shelter

children's Christmas stockings stuffed

with Halloween candy

John J. Dunphy

By Karen Harvey

north wind

it's so much colder

when you're not here


Karen Harvey

By Meera Rehm

deepening blue

the day moon's mojo

brightens

Meera Rehm

By Joe Sebastian

figuring all my broken selves new mirror

Joe Sebastian

Roberta Beach Jacobson

evil

Halloween night

only

the moon wears the face

of a marbled angel

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Mircea Moldovan

no spider above me

i write today

three lines

Mircea Moldovan

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

Home because of children

and webless spiders.

Sunlight moves across the floor, out the door. 

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

Roberta Beach Jacobson

ideas dry up

acrylic witches on brooms

return to dust


Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Nani Mariani

scary night

sitting between mom and dad

Halloween


Nani Mariani

By Robert Beveridge

zombie invasion

faces pressed against the glass

black friday again

Robert Beveridge

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

dry skeletons

the garden needs to be cleared

for winter


Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Florin C. Ciobica

pumpkin patch highlighting the scarecrow's dark side

Florin C. Ciobica

By Surashree Joshi

day before

the full moon

fake howls


Surashree Joshi

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

moon

over mountain

over sea

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

morning pond

minnows kiss the surface

ripples bump

Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

a bluebird trills beneath my dreams

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Joshua St. Claire

writing letters

on the lake

migrating geese

Joshua St. Claire

By Jim Niffen

full moon jam...

geese honking above

the stubble

Jim Niffen

By Krzysztof Kokot

pumpkin soup—

the paper napkins

in orange

Krzysztof Kokot

By Anannya Dasgupta

making playthings

of mountains and rivers—

aerial maps
 

Anannya Dasgupta

By Michael H. Brownstein

A tree shakes in dance

An undercurrent of steps

And then a silence

Until the wind comes again

And it shiver-shouts anew.

 

Michael H. Brownstein

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

moonshine

an empty bottle

traps the light

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By Deborah P Kolodji

no coin

for the boatman

dark waters

Deborah P Kolodji

By Pippa Phillips

waking to the setting sun

a dream I've dreamed before

how slow unstirred sugar

dissolves

in tea
 

Pippa Phillips

By Yasir Farooq

two strangers

I speak Urdu

and the bird tweets


Yasir Farooq

By Marilyn Ward

august heat

snoozing in borrowed slippers

a tabby cat

Marilyn Ward

By Patricia Hawkhead

longing for heat

to peel away heavy clothes

the sins underneath


Patricia Hawkhead