By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

darkness . . .

the owl's hoot

flies away

Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

By Pippa Phillips

just

big enough for us—

country church

Pippa Phillips

By Pippa Phillips

golden hour—

he rakes his shadow

into the leaves

Pippa Phillips

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

afternoon rain . . .

bookmarking

soup recipes

Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

By Ram Chandran

the lightness of being a butterfly

Ram Chandran

By Tsanka Shishkova

virgin beach

baby turtles rush

to the sea

Tsanka Shishkova

By Vincenzo Adamo

Indian summer

smiles return

under the bridge

Vincenzo Adamo

By Mircea Moldovan

blood stains

under the pale moonlight

a poacher

Mircea Moldovan

By Mona Bedi

old grief–

the leaves that refuse

to change colour

Mona Bedi

By Mona Bedi

the (in)visible scars inflicted by you

Mona Bedi

By Alvin B. Cruz

empty well

only the echo

of a falling leaf

Alvin B. Cruz

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

fish in stream the river that never was

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Brendan Duffin

bustling

saturday city

the river's silence

Brendan Duffin

By Diana Teneva

empty platform ...

I can't 

let you go

Diana Teneva

By Remzi Gülsün

the rose

falling out its petals—

chemo seance


Remzi Gülsün

By Mariangela Canzi

a jar of rain

on his grave—

rainbow

Mariangela Canzi

By Ruth Holzer

Days of Awe—

praying for a kind stranger

or angel

to place pebbles

on the family graves

Ruth Holzer

By Reid Hepworth

tree frog

sonata in g

before I sleep

Reid Hepworth

By Lakshmi Iyer

for one last chance I gather up my soul

Lakshmi Iyer

By Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

On a thread of scent,

weaver ants

climb leaves of insulin. 

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

By Katherine E Winnick

dressed in kimono

the makeup of a ghost

Geisha girl all grown

Katherine E Winnick

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

beyond our ache the birth of stars

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Arvinder Kaur

autumn breeze

this lightness of being

in a leaf’s fall

Arvinder Kaur

By Pat Davis

a swirl of confetti

the autumn wedding

of wind and leaves

Pat Davis

By John Hawkhead

morning bus

all the streetlights

swagged with fog

John Hawkhead

By Kelly Sauvage

moonlight masking the edges of her needlework

Kelly Sauvage

By Chen-ou Liu

tic-tac-toe

on my misty window ...

staycation

Chen-ou Liu

By Refika Dedić

tears on the glass

the breath freezes

homeless 

Refika Dedić

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

dry grasses

preparing the heart

for winter

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Maya Daneva

December chill

piling these logs

on top of others

Maya Daneva