By Stephanie Zepherelli

silhouettes

on the café wall

telling stories

Stephanie Zepherelli

By Lakshman Bulusu

a summer ginkgo walk –

Isha, Basho, and Issa

in every verse I write

Lakshman Bulusu

By S.Eta Grubešić

Robin chirping

brought to life in my mind

your touch –

one more kiss

and I would join you.

S.Eta Grubešić

twigs

S.Eta Grubešić

By Poh Jes

 

at the orange slides

the spotted pigeon and I

day off

image and words Poh Jes

By Eugeniusz Zacharski

low tide

life comes out of the sea

again

Eugeniusz Zacharski

killer heat

at the watering hole

a pack of wolves

Eugeniusz Zacharski

By Rita Melissano

tangoing as one    forgotten step

Rita Melissano

 

 

she's still here

for some strange reason

clocks run backwards                                           

the storm after the quiet                        

a phoenix's return to ashes   

Rita Melissano

countless years

when our life was a rainbow

in the night

tête-à-tête, cheek to cheek,

holding a thousand candles      

Rita Melissano

listening

to the voice within

the mirror...

its whispers a breath

left in the fog

Rita Melissano

 

 

what is left                          

of the Japanese garden                     

the lantern

a lighthouse sitting on a bluff                         

above the blue, smooth pebbles


Rita Melissano       

By Scott F. Parker

pasture gate latched

on either side

no fence

Scott F. Parker

after the rain

all the happy grass

waving in the wind

Scott F. Parker

turtles on the shore

keeping busy

maintaining stillness


Scott F. Parker

By Katharine Angelina Love

my heart is beach glass

 translucent, delicate, mauve

 softened by the sand

Katharine Angelina Love

By Surya Nes

yellow rice─

settling farmer's

fortune in a plate

Surya Nes

By Lorraine A Padden

pajamas…

another superhero dream

takes flight

Lorraine A Padden

trouting

the arc of a midsummer

rainbow

Lorraine A Padden

asking her grandmother about love fresh daisies

Lorraine A Padden

incoming…

baby formula airdropped

over a war zone

Lorraine A Padden

By Audrey Quinn

night fog

across the Sound

a horn solo

Audrey Quinn

from adjoining terraces

the sounds of summer

sunscreen mist

Audrey Quinn

night walk

two dogs

square off

Audrey Quinn

By Govind Joshi

summer fair

children chasing

soap bubbles

Govind Joshi

story

within a story

this life

Govind Joshi

By Todd Matson

my sweet baby girls –

they are no longer babies

and not always sweet

Todd Matson

 

 

his philanthropy –

the gifts he kept on giving

for his vanity

Todd Matson

unconditional –

the love of a little dog

is God spelled backward

Todd Matson

By Ravi Kiran

rush hour

the manoeuvrability

of an ambulance

Ravi Kiran

between a beard

and the grey moustache

a few missing teeth

Ravi Kiran

Alzheimer’s

her favourite dress

for the first time

Ravi Kiran

what are the odds

of meeting you again

shooting star

Ravi Kiran

By j rap

escaping

through fence pickets

wildflower seeds

j rap

 


you pick out things

from my hair

lovebug


j rap



By Alvin B. Cruz

words we said too late lilacs

Alvin B. Cruz

insomnia

yesterday’s rain

still falling

Alvin B. Cruz

rain after a long drought mother’s remission

Alvin B. Cruz

By Patricia Carragon

buds sprout

on maple trees

cat in deep sleep

Patricia Carragon

By Nancy Brady

spring evening

seeping though the window

the skunk's scent

Nancy Brady

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

taking a nap

with eyes closed

seeing everything

Stephen Jarrell Williams

an old man

gazing up to heaven

wondering when
 

Stephen Jarrell Williams

children singing

on the mountaintops

pleading with us

Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Tomislav Maretić

deserted streets –

birdsong fills

the silence

Tomislav Maretić

By Vandana Parashar

buried nuts

how easy it is

to be forgotten

Vandana Parashar

By Pitt Büerken

shitty day

she holds herself

to the drinking straw


Pitt Büerken

really

that can’t be true

indeed

what’s to be seen

seems incredible

Pitt Büerken

By Steve Van Allen

winds pick up at sunset

sign of a coming front

wet whispers of rain

Steve Van Allen

By Anthony Ward

Exodus of toads,

Crossing my path,

I part my feet

Anthony Ward

Leave me be said the tree rather quite deciduously

Anthony Ward

By Richard Bailly

arc of a missile

children playing leapfrog

schoolyard

Richard Bailly

By David He

deserted temple

a stone Buddha drowns

in the moonlight

David He

dim moonlight...

the rain ripples

in a beggar's bowl

David He

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

minimalistic lifestyle

still

cluttered pages

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Jennifer Gurney

migrating geese —

nature's universal sign

that life goes on

Jennifer Gurney

By M. R. Pelletier

Closed wings—

   the butterfly disappears

   into a tree

M. R. Pelletier

By Chris Langer

lone oak in the square—

what history

has it witnessed?

Chris Langer