By Adrian Bouter

my last poem tonight

even the new pen

falters

Adrian Bouter

By Timothy Daly

setting sun

photos of us

in a drawer

Timothy Daly

By Vandana Parashar

a just war just a war

Vandana Parashar

By Mirela Brailean

falling Sakura

one thought for each

haiku friend

Mirela Brailean

By Alvin B. Cruz

death poem

the ghost of

a ghost writer

Alvin B. Cruz

By Ron Scully

what the gull wants

…to sing

to still the sea


Ron Scully

*

what the crow wants

….dusk

not to be alone

Ron Scully

By Nicole Malyj Daone

I’ve nothing to grieve

Yet here I drown in longing

For a thing not lost

Nicole Malyj Daone

By J. D. Nelson

I’ve missed you, my friend!

dog & man reunited

after weeks apart

J. D. Nelson

By Evan Coram

the scent of rain

smears a window

watercoloring

Evan Coram

By Jerome Berglund

compromises

cutting the Dawn

with water

Jerome Berglund

By David Ngo

Sunset's afterglow,

Stars rush to claim empty seats,

One less than needed.

David Ngo

By Ellen Kom

                                    u   r
cloud rumble the   c          v    of his punch
                                     e

Ellen Kom

By Katja Fox

putting on her dress —

the whistle

of the cuckoo clock

Katja Fox

By Bipasha Majumder (De)

poppy field

my pleasure replaced

by pain

Bipasha Majumder (De)

 

By Angiola Inglese

petals in the wind…

one flower, another flower…

petals on the ground


Angiola Inglese

By Mike Fainzilber

desert night

only the stars

cannot hide

Mike Fainzilber

By Mike Gallagher

summer long

wishing the pangs of love

might end

Mike Gallagher

By Kelly Sargent

wearing mom’s sweater

her arms

around me again

Kelly Sargent

By M. R. Pelletier

Kansas summer—

   more shades of green

   than I know the names of

M. R. Pelletier

By Bonnie J Scherer

the dish runs away

with the curds and whey

while the cow jumps over the moon …

Bonnie J Scherer

By Mike Turner

Be patient in change

As a sleeping butterfly

Awakes in beauty


Mike Turner

*

Droplet of water

Thrown from face of ocean’s wave

Apart, yet of all

Mike Turner

By Sreenath

frozen Niagara

thawing in the spring . . .

finally

i yield

to her love

Sreenath

By Michael Minassian

Used book sale

poetry on the back table—

I linger too long.

Michael Minassian

By Louise Hopewell

zipping our rain jackets

to the chin

frog song


Louise Hopewell

By Maya Daneva

dusty flipflops

another summer month

passing me by

Maya Daneva

By Joanna Ashwell

tugboat

dream to dream

hour by hour

Joanna Ashwell

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

autumn wind

in her address book

names

Deborah Karl-Brandt

 

*

 

two of us

another sleepless night

spring moon

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Laura Marino Trotta

winter kiss —

the snow falling slowly

between earth and sky


Laura Marino Trotta