memory
of St. John's torches
summer solstice
firefly
on my palm
within my grasp the echo of Saturn
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
pink undershirt –
laundered by a lady
who likes lipstick
Jerome Berglund
deserted island–
tell my family I'm lost
and cannot be found
Lafcadio
Shuddering, brilliant
in a skin of azure light:
No god can stop me.
Shae Krispinsky
haze on the mountain
yet
nothing is made easier
Daniel Birnbaum
knee-deep
in clouds
great blue heron
Paula Sears
rhubarb crumble
the reason of our argument
forgotten
Sébastien Revon
loadshedding—
fireflies buzz around the power box
Daipayan Nair
deserted classroom—
a butterfly flies undisturbed
Nicoletta Ignatti
travel photos
no one there knows
who we are
Barrie Levine
spring dusk still hearing the quiet of the old folk
David Kāwika Eyre
an army of leaf blowers
moves in on a peaceful morning
petro c. k.
on the footpath
shelters for the homeless cardboard boxes
Tuyet Van Do
David He
kyiv your smoke
fills the moon
Jim Niffen
on the bus the hair on our legs touch
Kamil Plich
moonrise...
I remember
the BuddhaDavid He
A foaming tide washes over the wet sand filling in foot craters
Erica Dionora
dad's hummingbird feeder
now outside
his hospice window
John J. Dunphy
distant sirens ...
blood stained carved hearts
in a school desk
Chen-ou Liu
nothing
to think
sunset
Satyanarayana Chittaluri
sea-blown winds hints of bagpipe through pleated rock
Douglas J. Lanzo
mother's day
she smiles
from the frame
Choupie Moysan
waning moon
we discuss the need
to budget
Nika
White butterflies sing
Temporary arias
To their broken wings.
Algo
empires
the fanfare and fade
of fireflies
Joshua St. Claire
always
somewhere a war –
first lemons
Deborah A. Bennett