By Pippa Phillips

waking to the setting sun

a dream I've dreamed before

how slow unstirred sugar

dissolves

in tea
 

Pippa Phillips

By Yasir Farooq

two strangers

I speak Urdu

and the bird tweets


Yasir Farooq

By Marilyn Ward

august heat

snoozing in borrowed slippers

a tabby cat

Marilyn Ward

By Patricia Hawkhead

longing for heat

to peel away heavy clothes

the sins underneath


Patricia Hawkhead

By Kyoko Bengala

rainy days—

a sunflower still

hot in the sun

Kyoko Bengala

By Kamrun Nahar

Life is a never ending calculation.

Kamrun Nahar

By Hemapriya Chellappan

the timelapse

of passing emotions

flower moon

Hemapriya Chellappan

By Amrutha Prabhu

an introspection

a seed of

healing sprout


Amrutha Prabhu

By Nudurupati Nagasri

meditating ...

a soldier beetle

on red camellia

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Keith Evetts

spiderweb

the dark economy of lies

they swap for love
 

Keith Evetts

By Maria Concetta Conti

autumn stars

sharing a kiss after

a long walk

Maria Concetta Conti

By Sherry Grant

city square

a black swan sings

his last song


Sherry Grant

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

maple leaves

grab the wind

a soft landing


Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

By Barrie Levine

under a silent sky

my own silence

Barrie Levine

By Keith Evetts

farewell tide

the other side

of the moon


Keith Evetts

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Zen garden

plucking of silk strings

resonates within

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Nudurupati Nagasri

dying bonfire

autumn memory

embers
 

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Ed Higgins

suet feeder. . . swaying. . . in winter fog
 

Ed Higgins

By Srinivas S

through the plane window sprinkled city
 

Srinivas S

By Nathan Sidney

a pinch of moth scales the moon i plant

Nathan Sidney

By Peter Jastermsky

dance lesson not sure he can swing it
 

Peter Jastermsky

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

and then your body became an ocean

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Keith Evetts

lunar eclipse you're not expecting
 

Keith Evetts

By Cynthia Anderson

shaded sun porch

grandpa teaches me

which way is east
 

Cynthia Anderson

By Angiola Inglese

winter evening— 

trip with the moon

from east to west

Angiola Inglese

By Keith Evetts

autumn rain

do clouds begin

where they end
 

Keith Evetts

By Kyoko Bengala

unexpected rain—

I squeeze from the sheets

all autumn

Kyoko Bengala

By Carmela Marino

october clouds

removing the dust

from your face

Carmela Marino

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

mother’s reprimand

the steady drip-drip-drip

of autumn rain
 

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

morning glories

singing hallelujah

a silent rain

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt