By Jake Williams

Palest blue

Only a bare twig

Greets the wind

Jake Williams

By Sreenath

just to be

free of all the burden

a bird flying

beyond the sky

into a timeless state

Sreenath

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

freshly cut grass

scent of the old ways

sickle in hand

Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Nancy Brady

sunset rain...

at the end of a rainbow

a goldfinch

Nancy Brady

By M. R. Pelletier

Ceiling fan—

   all the café’s conversations

   cut to pieces

M. R. Pelletier

 

*

Heatwave—

   there’s more talk

   of planting trees

M. R. Pelletier

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

dad’s wake

greeting people

I’ll never know

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Tohm Bakelas

10/21/2009

steve richmond, sober,

dying alone in hospice —

no more gagaku

Tohm Bakelas

By Hassane Zemmouri

my nephew with his baby bottle

midnight cartoons

Hassane Zemmouri

By Cecil Morris

After Her Death

My new lover grief

eats chips naked in my bed

and will not leave me

even when I offer her

a summer house at the beach.

Cecil Morris

By Jovana Dragojlovic

local winds blow —

fanning the fire

through my veins

Jovana Dragojlovic

By C.X. Turner

rainbow dawn

just when the horizon

looks bleak

C.X. Turner

By Maya Daneva

sharing the silence

while praying for mom’s soul

this warm breeze

Maya Daneva

By Mark Forrester

one busker’s nod

to another

moonless night

Mark Forrester

By Michelle V. Alkerton

double vision

increasing

my worldview

Michelle V. Alkerton

By Monica Kakkar

heartbeats in first bloom—

her polka dot bikini

scarlet ladybird

Monica Kakkar

By Mike Fainzilber

at the end of the earth

where the sun goes to die

a souvenir stand…

Mike Fainzilber

By Melissa Laussmann

in pale moonlight

a firefly becomes

the star

Melissa Laussmann

By Mike Turner

Oh, what greater love

Than fulfilling hopes and dreams

Can we give others

Mike Turner

By John J. Dunphy

wedding anniversary

husband selects a bouquet

at the cemetery

John J. Dunphy

*

weightlifter

trembling as he picks up

his newborn son

John J. Dunphy

By Vandana Parashar

wanderlust

a little cloud

drifts away

Vandana Parashar

*

shooting

everything in sight

wedding photographer

Vandana Parashar

By Christa Pandey

heat dome

even a cactus

keels over

Christa Pandey

 

*

 

sunset

the old pond

glows pink

Christa Pandey

By Mike Freedman

thoughts twirling

in the spin-dryer

of ego

Mike Freedman

*

 

priest lights up

leaving cathedral

no sin to smoke

Mike Freedman

By evan coram

only a few

fireflies dream

of becoming a star

evan coram

*

 

wet snowflakes

together

sharing silence

evan coram

By Ron Scully

scrabble party

he interrupts her words

she finishes his sentences

Ron Scully

By B. L. Bruce

morning sky

pale as corn silk

heatwave

B. L. Bruce

By Ram Chandran

cherry blossoms —

even after

all of us have gone

Ram Chandran

By Timothy Daly

parents’ home

looking back on my past

I see a light

Timothy Daly

By Pris Campbell

breaking waves

too old and sick now

for sandcastle dreams

Pris Campbell