By JL Huffman

my hip her heart

alternating illnesses

staying alive

JL Huffman

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

eggs fried

crisp around the edges …

learning to say no

Joseph P. Wechselberger

tasting the moon—

the way your eyes look

looking at me

Joseph P. Wechselberger

a phone number written

inside an old matchbook …

yard sale sport coat

Joseph P. Wechselberger

the smell of fresh-baked pie

a game of checkers

on the front porch

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Jovana Dragojlovic

leaving a job

fern on the desk

misses me

Jovana Dragojlovic

By Jerome Berglund

crushed sun hat

mosaics

form a point

Jerome Berglund

down the aisle

bird sanctuary

 

Jerome Berglund

By Jharna Sanyal

       red truck

  driving away

my midlife crisis

Jharna Sanyal

birds at dusk ...

so much to say

to each other

Jharna Sanyal

By Jennifer Gurney

limitless—

a toddler's

whys

Jennifer Gurney

souvenir

of a springtime hike—

muddy boots

Jennifer Gurney

breathing life

into winter...

spring

Jennifer Gurney

By John J. Dunphy

solar eclipse

from the woods

sound of crickets

John J. Dunphy

church fire

its steeple bell rung by

fire hose water

John J. Dunphy

By Kelly Moyer

Leave a Trace

by Kelly Moyer

 

 

The New Neighbor

by Kelly Moyer

  

 

 

 

 

 

                           The Rendezvous

                               by Kelly Moyer

By J. D. Nelson

the earth is still in

eight billion little pieces

after the eclipse

J. D. Nelson

crows in the windy matrix the half day moon just is


J. D. Nelson

I tell the houseplants

that it’s a little hazy

second week of spring


J. D. Nelson

on the night bus disorienting window reflections

J. D. Nelson

orange spring sunset

a snack of four clementines

on the bus ride home


J. D. Nelson

By Arvinder Kaur

dabbing

on my charcoal drawing

something of you

in each contour

Arvinder Kaur

cold moon

one more silhouette

mingles into fog

Arvinder Kaur

leaves drop

each one goes down

with a dance

Arvinder Kaur

By D. V. Rozic

In the Pasture

I was in my mother's arms, the raindrops pounding on our black umbrella, just above my head. Her left arm around me, holding the umbrella as well. In her right hand she held a rope tied to the head of our cow.

on the rope

connecting us with the cow

rainbow raindrops

D. V. Rozic

By Bhawana Upadhyay

nonstop tears

in the mind of drought

dissolving memories

Bhawana Upadhyay

By Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

a pair of doves

singing at my window —

calling for seeds

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

By Mircea Moldovan

temptation

to look over the fence

spring fever

Mircea Moldovan

two crows

they share a worm

countryside life

Mircea Moldovan

By Rupa Anand

in hand-spun gold

she eclipses the sun

noon wedding

Rupa Anand

wedding rush

mother's beads

neatly laid out

Rupa Anand

By Alvin B. Cruz

used poetry book

a skeleton leaf

on a love poem

Alvin B. Cruz

writer's block

he stirs his cup

of tea

Alvin B. Cruz

By David Ngo

one road

upon another—

shoulders to stand on

David Ngo

treasure the moment

if only I could message

yesterday's self

David Ngo

life's journey seeks

to fill the blanks

David Ngo

By Govind Joshi

forest range

we wait

for elephants' crossing

Govind Joshi

cricket season

this night

a song

Govind Joshi

By Susan Lee Roberts

as the fog lifts . . .

daffodils and dandelions

jump out


Susan Lee Roberts

placid lake

one kayak

and a string of ducklings


Susan Lee Roberts

By Janet Krauss

We create memory

to defy the erasures

of time

Janet Krauss

By Mike Gallagher

beech canopy

the raindrops loud

on his hat

Mike Gallagher

the fragrance

of a moonflower trumpets

a wren's night song

Mike Gallagher

rolling downhill

the peaty breath

of the mountain

Mike Gallagher

By Adrian Bouter

    what

quiet

   magpies

Adrian Bouter

nothing's changed

in his tool shed

spider webs

Adrian Bouter

By Eugeniusz Zacharski

time of war...

a formation of geese

splits into two

Eugeniusz Zacharski

By Ram Chandran

Longing

the longing

to hug my little daughter—

waiting for next visitation day

my longing

to belong to an another world—

a sparrow's nest

a bird on my windowsill—

my longing

to fly in the vast blue sky

Ram Chandran

By Mark Hendrickson

Swallows

blind date

new bird

on the wire

two birds flit

from tree to tree;

home shopping

getting takeout

while his wife watches the kids

he gathers worms

Mark Hendrickson

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

 

Untitled, by Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Belinda Behne

sun kisses earth goodnight

an explosion of crimson

drenches the sky

children buried in rubble

cry for food and for peace

Belinda Behne

far away

almost beyond memory

my father's voice

Belinda Behne

out of the ashes

wild violets

bloom

Belinda Behne

losing the path

deep in the forest

I find myself

deep in the forest

losing myself

I find the path

losing the path

I find myself

deep in the forest

Belinda Behne

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

two

exchanging glances over laptops

Starbucks

Joseph P. Wechselberger

snowmelt

the slow drip and pooling

of fluid from the old car

Joseph P. Wechselberger

as if

he never existed

the baby’s unmarked grave

Joseph P. Wechselberger