alphabet
soup
the first grader puts words
on the plate's edge
Pitt
Büerken
A
pebble thrown
Causes ripples
The water returns to
stillness
Georg Cook
A
flame is lit
Sparking into life
Darkness ebbs away
Georg Cook
Winter
Treat
snow tumbles, gathers
into popcorn balls on shrubs
please—hold
the butter!
Liz Kornelsen
astral
light—
poetry emerges
from the
void
Eugeniusz Zacharski
eagerly waiting
for the solar eclipse
to end...
cherry
blossoms
Eugeniusz Zacharski
i war in words
with all who war
tales
of the tomb
Amrutha V Prabhu
his silence
between the lines
a
calm sea-voice
Amrutha V Prabhu
pink
petals…
when you choose to stay
only in silence
Lucia
Cardillo
petali rosa …
quando scegli di stare
solo
in silenzio
Lucia Cardillo
jasmine petals in her hair
tones from a symphony
on and on without pause
Lakshman Bulusu
a breeze
of snowflakes —
I search for
the scientific term
for
stardust
Ana Drobot
fairy-tales —
sitting over a cloud
a
water lily
Ana Drobot
friend's
confession
a butterfly spreads
its wings
Genevieve
Aguinaldo
morning
rush
egrets posing
for a photo
Genevieve Aguinaldo
breaking news
no more lines drawn
on
the door frame
David Josephsohn
winter night
a frozen sweater
on
the park bench
David Josephsohn
On this first morning
the year stretches itself out
like
a cat’s nine lives…
Resa Alboher
I
clip recipes…
As
snowflakes fall I wonder
about
my whole life…
Resa Alboher
Reading
the future
in the fireplace’s flames…
How long will I
live?
Resa Alboher