By Deborah Karl-Brandt

unfurling tulips

another spring

another war

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Paula Sears

slightest curl

of the fern’s frond

craving a drop of rain

Paula Sears

By Joe Sebastian

dandelion

a droplet of rain slides

down its stem

Joe Sebastian

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

winter star …

I thought you were

still there

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Darrell Petska

snow

so many little worries

weigh me down

Darrell Petska

By Priti Khullar

war

her diary

will be history


Priti Khullar

By Mona Bedi

just like that

I fold yellow paper

into origami cranes

Mona Bedi

By David Ngo

old town café

kaya toast with half-cooked eggs 

bringing back the taste

of yesterday 

which is gone forever

David Ngo

By C.X.Turner

self-care…

I walk in meadows

of another time

C.X.Turner

By Florin C. Ciobica

more cold

in the world...

war

Florin C. Ciobica

By Ray Spitzenberger

not able

to pen poems about wars

only prayers

Ray Spitzenberger

By Susan Burch

prison break

my thoughts

escape me

Susan Burch

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Spring galaxy

The wonder of other worlds

in my heart

Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Mircea Moldovan

snowmen another day without words

Mircea Moldovan

By Zdenka Mlinar

war

demolition and killing

damn it

hope

in the newborn

Zdenka Mlinar

By Manoj Sharma

winter morning

I avoid eye contact 

with an ex-lover

Manoj Sharma

By Louise Hopewell

botanic gardens

the open arms

of an oak tree

Louise Hopewell

By Nudurupati Nagasri

crashing paper plane...

the aerodynamics of

resolutions

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Maya Daneva

lockdown bikes

up to the saddle

in snow

Maya Daneva

By Deborah A. Bennett

i am not in here

i am not out there either —

child wandering in snow

Deborah A. Bennett

By Mike Gallagher

stargazer

immortality proffers

a crooked finger

Mike Gallagher

By B.A. France

celestial

navigation tables ..
.
calculating life

B.A. France

By Janet Ruth

bird tracks

like hieroglyphics

untranslated

Janet Ruth

By Helen Ogden

Storm Moon

unsettled weather

over Ukraine

Helen Ogden

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

my words

published with others

pieces in a quilt

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Tim Murphy

overhearing

a strange conversation

winter dusk

Tim Murphy

By Sushama Kapur

silence closes in the touch of a whisper


Sushama Kapur

By Kelly Sauvage

cage-free the bleat of a rather fine poem

Kelly Sauvage