longing
for
more tangible company
the romance reader
Mike Gallagher
endless rain –
her tears joining puddles
in the street
Aaron Bowker
*
imprint in dust
made by what you took
when you left
Aaron Bowker
half-empty
cinema –
a moth flutters in and out
of the projector
beam
Roman Lyakhovetsky
autumn leaves changing my relationship status yet again
Alvin B. Cruz
*
long summer
written in the sand
a name not mine
Alvin B. Cruz
you do not
have to be good
autumn
sky
Brad Bennett
*
ice bubbles
the pond talks
in its sleep
Brad Bennett
finally accepting my flaws nude
beach
Mona Bedi
*
going
back to my home town stranger moon
Mona Bedi
end of fasting
a sweet date melting
in the dry mouth
the muezzin's call
calms
the soul
Hassane Zemmouri