early blossom
the bus driver
stops
to adjust his mirror
Stephen Toft
I
thunder
down the dirt road
he chases dust
from the
wrong car
for one more kiss
Pris Campbell
jasmine moon –
the pond reflecting me
inside
your arms
Steliana Cristina Voicu
waiting alone
in this cheap motel room
all night long
the vacancy sign
blinks
on, blinks off ...
Chen-ou Liu
Spirits entangled
in the cobwebs of tortured
memories – my
past
Lorraine Caputo
*
A
thousand shards of
Art Deco lamp glass scattered
across
the dusk sky
Lorraine Caputo
as
if a satellite
could replace a full moon . . .
machine-gun
dreams
Alfred Booth
*
what
does
a machine know of awe?
the Milky Way
Alfred Booth
temple fog—
nothing but emptiness
in
the zen garden
Andrew Markowski
*
on crowded sidewalks
just enough rain
for
umbrellas to bloom
Andrew Markowski
speed dating
the changing colors
of
her mood ring
Joseph P. Wechselberger
*
a lawn full of dandelions
going to seed
foreclosure
Joseph P. Wechselberger
starlight vanishing
a cry of surprise
from
the rooster
Robert Witmer
*
silence
playing chess
with
the moonlight
Robert Witmer
hailstorm
alley-drinkers take refuge
in
a dumpster
John J. Dunphy
*
desert highway
hitchhiker struck by
a
tumbleweed
John J. Dunphy
placebo
effect his sugar coated demeanour
Mona Bedi
*
torrential rain
the similar greyness
of
tombstones
Mona Bedi
cold moon —
the patches across
her heart
Debarati Sen
*
rainbow —
pride walk paints my
city’s face
Debarati Sen
stone skipping —
to know the swamp has
a
heartbeat
Daipayan Nair
*
zebra crossing —
this haste
between
us
Daipayan Nair
his mood
wilting spinach in the
pan
Tony Williams
*
first
swim class
my daughter
windmills it
Tony Williams
Gran's fingers
stumbling
over her old piano
by the lakeside...
the moonlight quivers
David He
*
owlsong
strikes my ears
at midnight
a moon glistens
through the window
David He