By Alvin B. Cruz

my echo

in an empty room

the way

loneliness

repeats itself

Alvin B. Cruz

By Meera Rehm

singing the fragments April showers

Meera Rehm

By Mirela Brailean

dried branch

the same gracefulness

of its shadow


Mirela Brailean

By James Penha

cold lake rain prattles

insistently on palm roofs

we will not be moved

James Penha

By Yasir Farooq

a friendship request the belated bloom

Yasir Farooq

*

 

a rose reblooms

the other raindrops

Yasir Farooq

By Maria Quernel

Beauty joins Chaos

Both of them standing

On the edge of forever.

Maria Quernel

By C.X.Turner

miles to go

before sleep . . .

insomnia

C.X.Turner

By Mike Fainzilber

captured

in a bottle

the sunshine

on the vines

Mike Fainzilber

*

 

the wind

and the butterfly

gliding on each other


Mike Fainzilber

By Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri

snow moon

erasing the tracks

of the wolf


Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri

By Mike Gallagher

timeless

the sundial awaiting

the sun

Mike Gallagher

By Bryan Rickert

the last leaf falling out of love

Bryan Rickert

By Randy Brooks

the bough breaks

good thing

I already

know

how to fly

Randy Brooks

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

harsh wind

the hare ducks deeper

into the grass

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

puddles

a pigeon strolls through the church’s

upside-down reflection

Joseph P. Wechselberger

 

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his selfie

in a mirror

in the mirror

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Eavonka Ettinger

hard commute

hermit crab sidesteps

a crowded beach

Eavonka Ettinger

By Dennis Hartman and Veronika Zora Novak

his gossamer

breath I breathe . . .

akistu moon

Dennis Hartman and Veronika Zora Novak

By Ezio Infantino

silk road...

the last cobweb

grabs the hoarfrost

Ezio Infantino

By Janet Krauss

A baby sleeps

in the lap of the sun,

a slight breeze covers him.

Janet Krauss

By Shane Huey

on the water’s edge

fire burning under the moon

spring night in Key West

Shane Huey

By Maire Mortissey Cummins

Magnolia

all of these years twisting

with the wall

Maire Mortissey Cummins

By John Pappas

after the storm

the earthworm asks

a question

John Pappas

By John J. Dunphy

Ukrainian city rubble

woman cradles a child

who is no longer crying


John J. Dunphy

By John Grey

tree's soft gloss

traceries of light

webs after a rain


John Grey

By Angiola Inglese

bare branch…

the hidden part

of the sky


Angiola Inglese

*

 

fog on roofs the snow loses color

Angiola Inglese

By Wanda Amos

boats on moorings

pirouette

i watch the tide

ebb

and flow

Wanda Amos

By Louise Hopewell

still lake

a kayaker paddles

through frog song

Louise Hopewell

By J. D. Nelson

blinded by headlights—

the clouds have obscured the stars

but not Jupiter

J. D. Nelson

By Christopher Peys

cityscape

the outline of a pigeon

on the window

Christopher Peys

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new to the yard

                  another old train

                                        the end of a line.

Christopher Peys