By Xiaoou Chen

thickening fog

a bell strikes ten from

an unknown tower

Xiaoou Chen

By Gary S. Rosin

whitetail deer

graze the neighborhood—

suburban sprawl

Gary S. Rosin

By Simon De Courcey

shaded nest

the absence

of one egg

Simon De Courcey

By Anthony Lusardi

watching ocean waves

the fizz in my soda

dying down

Anthony Lusardi

By Monica Kakkar

water rationing . . .

first pomegranate blossoms

brim at sacred well

Monica Kakkar

By Mirela Brailean

high-speed night train

I choose

a shorter dream

Mirela Brailean

By Jay Friedenberg

wooing and cooing

the iridescent sheen

of the pigeon's neck

Jay Friedenberg

By Tsanka Shishkova

a dog and a man

I wonder if the man leads the dog

or the dog leads the man

Tsanka Shishkova

By Nicoletta Ignatti

summer night—

              the wind seeks an opening

              among pine needles

Nicoletta Ignatti

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Don Quixote

a rhino charges

imagined beasts

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Joanna Ashwell

steeper

than I remember

the way home

Joanna Ashwell

By Joshua St. Claire

evening breeze

skyscrapers move through

rush hour traffic

Joshua St. Claire

transverse flute

the scent of hemlock

through the Appalachians

Joshua St. Claire

rumble of ozone pulling back the curtain

Joshua St. Claire

particolor flames

a hot air balloon ascends

with sunrise

Joshua St. Claire

By Mike Fainzilber

wind in her hair

still singing

the sixties

Mike Fainzilber

displacing

the blues

summer wind

Mike Fainzilber

wind and sunset

one last roll

of the kite surfer

Mike Fainzilber

hamsin*

the desert

ironing the sea

Mike Fainzilber

*A ‘hamsin’ (literally 50 in Arabic) is an easterly desert wind that brings extreme heat and dryness, and also flattens the waves on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. There are said to be ~50 such days per year, hence the name. In Bedouin tribal law, hamsin conditions are considered an extenuating circumstance in homicide cases…

By Ranu Jain

along the lines

of the sacred text

bird poop

Ranu Jain

 

breezy day

the old curtain springs

to a sensuous dance

Ranu Jain

 

 

 

 

 

    incense smoke

    improvising

    a silent raga
 

    Ranu Jain

By Emil Karla

echoing

the streetlamp

full snow moon


Emil Karla

By Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

mountain trekking

the stretch of the shadow

into twilight

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

 

inchworm

the drift and drag

of the universe

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Independence Day

an old woman

on our morning walk

parts the way

to her master's home

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

By Gordana Kurtović

 

joyfull moment-

a flower full of symbolism

next to the field

Gordana Kurtović

By Oana Maria Cercel & Timothy Daly

kitchen talk his words a rusty knife

Oana Maria Cercel & Timothy Daly

By Xiaoou Chen

daybreak

the grey clouds

fringed with gold

Xiaoou Chen

 

full gallop

the clatter of arrows

in the quiver

Xiaoou Chen

By Timothy Daly

Irish Sea crossing dead kin's bones

Timothy Daly

warm bookshop reading her smile

Timothy Daly

By Steliana Cristina Voicu

butterfly…

from my rose garden

to yours

Steliana Cristina Voicu

By Joana Figueiredo

we wear crowns

made solely of garden weeds

brave backyard champions

Joana Figueiredo

wincing glance

the beginning

of a cruel winter

Joana Figueiredo

By Olinda Ninolakis

mackerel sky

falling falling falling

hard landing

hard landing

blood-red sunset

waxing gibbous moon

waxing gibbous moon

total eclipse of the heart

mackerel sky

Olinda Ninolakis

By Suraja Menon Roychowdhury

a snarl

the sinuous wrap

of his purr

repose

on the doorstep, the warrior

—and a dead bird

Suraja Menon Roychowdhury

By Kelly Sargent

foster care bedroom

on the walls

cherry blossoms

Kelly Sargent

my origin story

in mother’s eyes . . .

ancient starlight

Kelly Sargent

By Anthony Lusardi

 

morning rain

with thunder . . .

breathing techniques

to nurse the hangover

and the heartache


Anthony Lusardi

determined to live

from her window

and in bed

the chemo patient

watching leaves fall

Anthony Lusardi

By Mark Hendrickson

I remember

they were her favorites

forget-me-nots

Mark Hendrickson

trumpets raised

for fallen soldiers

peace lilies


Mark Hendrickson

By Douglas J. Lanzo

grandma’s final blessing

a shooting star sparkles

then fades


Douglas J. Lanzo

dust bowl

a mother partridge

lathering sand

Douglas J. Lanzo

runaway train

an EF5 tornado

catches the caboose


Douglas J. Lanzo

By Diane Funston

Athena’s tags

mosaicked onto headstone

her collar

never returned by vet

unless it’s in the ashes

Diane Funston

after our long vacation

away from poetry groups

I return

but still entranced

by Mexico’s colors

Diane Funston

By Shawn Blair

cold moon

her silhouette

in the window

Shawn Blair

going gray

a fish crow disappears

into sea fog

Shawn Blair

 

 

lace curtains . . .

snowflakes blackening

the road

Shawn Blair

mourning doves

in the park

a pair

of Civil War cannons

blazing in the sun

Shawn Blair

 

 

bone broth

smoke rising

over the quarry

Shawn Blair

spring night

a ladder not quite reaching

the cat

Shawn Blair

By Joanna Ashwell

if only

these golden flowers

were sunrise

Joanna Ashwell

holding a part

of our dream

dandelion meadow

Joanna Ashwell

By Laurie Kuntz

A mother's voice:

the stillness of trees

before a burst of blossom.

Laurie Kuntz

From my view

the ocean offers little relief

still I look.

Laurie Kuntz

By Jonathan English

Mockingbird song

the empty cherry tree

overflowing

Jonathan English

circle of full moon

shining through mist and pine

even in this city

Jonathan English

moist spring earth

the wings of the butterfly

lifting

Jonathan English

 

 

spring serenade—

under the green holly tree

the bumblebee and I

Jonathan English

By Susan Lee Roberts

campfire embers

a flute sweetens

the darkness

Susan Lee Roberts

summer picnic—

shimmering leaves

shower me in song


Susan Lee Roberts

By Elena Zouain

hammock –

evening falls before

the afterword

Elena Zouain

summer rain –

in my garden the blue hydrangea

even bluer

Elena Zouain

summer solstice –

I listen to the whispers

of scented shadows

Elena Zouain

white roses –

the moon keeps

the secret


Elena Zouain