By JL Huffman

yellow finches

flock the feeder

joy takes wing

JL Huffman

By Ram Chandran

autumn dusk—

time changed me

beyond recognition

Ram Chandran

By Diane Webster

Hot summer fishing

dragonfly lands on the pole

steady in patience

Diane Webster

By Ruth Holzer

the life

of a wanderer

brief chaos

of white dust and starlight—

surviving by chance

Ruth Holzer

*

flocking

around my candle

All Souls

Ruth Holzer

By Simon De Courcey

late offerings

a cold cave dawn —

paviland red

Simon De Courcey

By evan coram

crackling

   into silence

   green wood

evan coram

By David Ngo

caged bird released

releasing its captor's heart

from the cage's grip

David Ngo

By Daipayan Nair

loaded basket

grandma makes room for

a fallen marigold

Daipayan Nair

By Barrie Levine

housebound . . .

through my window all I know

of drifting clouds

Barrie Levine

By Tony Williams

ghost koi—

never running

with the crowd

Tony Williams

*

weeds

our friendship

neglected

Tony Williams

By J. D. Nelson

early August now—

the fly on the bathroom wall

has been there all night

J. D. Nelson

By Jennifer Gurney

A ginkgo leaf

Flutters in the wind

Along with my heart

Jennifer Gurney

By petro c.k.

summer drought

a plastic cup

on the beer tap

petro c.k.

By A.J. Anwar

fading for-sale sign

a lonely house

all these years

A.J. Anwar

By Wanda Amos

looking so peaceful

her final visit

to the beautician

Wanda Amos

*

 

winter chill…

a sudden inward breath

cuts the lifeline

Wanda Amos

By Sreenath

gentle breeze

across the cemetery —

war veterans

Sreenath

By Mircea Moldovan

raven's reflection

in the colorless stained glass

Bach concert

Mircea Moldovan

By Mark Gilbert

at the pole

the north star

our friend


Mark Gilbert

By Mark Forrester

just a flicker

and the swallow

is gone

Mark Forrester

By Muskaan Ahuja

aunt’s call —

the distant whistles

of her pressure cooker

Muskaan Ahuja

By Meagan Bussert

sitting in church

thinking about

thinking about distractions

Meagan Bussert

By Mike Gallagher

longing for

more tangible company

the romance reader

Mike Gallagher

By M. R. Pelletier

Beach read,

   sand trapped in its pages—

   the secrets she keeps

M. R. Pelletier

By Maid Corbic

aria of life hidden

into a ball of happiness

hope is born

Maid Corbic

By Aaron Bowker

endless rain –

her tears joining puddles

in the street

Aaron Bowker

*

imprint in dust

made by what you took

when you left

Aaron Bowker

By Roman Lyakhovetsky

half-empty cinema –

a moth flutters in and out

of the projector beam

Roman Lyakhovetsky

By Alvin B. Cruz

autumn leaves changing my relationship status yet again
Alvin B. Cruz

 

*

long summer
written in the sand
a name not mine
Alvin B. Cruz

By Mirela Brailean

greenhouse

in prolonged monologue

with the wilted ones

Mirela Brailean