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

By John J. Dunphy

their marriage license

torn into strips and placed outside

for bird nests

John J. Dunphy

By Tuyet Van Do

first day back

I walk into

an empty classroom

Tuyet Van Do

By Elliot Diamond

leap frog

the blank page

to justice

Elliot Diamond

By Oscar Luparia

solstice

the brief life

of a summer dream

Oscar Luparia

By Nalini Shetty

solitary oak–

a thousand sunsets

in its bark

Nalini Shetty

By Mike Gallagher

hanging about

time stretching ever longer

the jury out

Mike Gallagher

roadkill

patiently waiting

a buzzard

Mike Gallagher

by the docks

the scattered shadows

of night

Mike Gallagher

By Oana Maria Cercel

Flowers

Oana Maria Cercel

 

Sea

Oana Maria Cercel 

 

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Edelweiss

A glance from blue sky

to the ground

Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By David Ngo

Arabian nights' tales,

echoed in the dreams.

David Ngo

By David Cox

the last speck of sakura…

your pink toenail

in memory

David Cox

By Oliver Kleyer

out of habit

I make two coffees

instant grief

Oliver Kleyer

By Kelly Moyer

 

 

 
Buttercups

Kelly Moyer

The Party Line

Kelly Moyer

 

By Clint Jovial Delima

seeing cows

rolling in the grass

half asleep

Clint Jovial Delima

failed, failed, failed

 tried, tried, tried

                             once again

Clint Jovial Delima

By Jovana Dragojlovic

writing a book...

another paper plane

on the floor


Jovana Dragojlovic

By Susan Burch

you never know

when it’ll be —

last kiss

Susan Burch

power outage

back to the beginning

of the cosmos

Susan Burch

By Mark Gilbert

mayfly

in June

a life

cut short

Mark Gilbert

scarecrow

smiling through

the hurricane

Mark Gilbert

By Julianne Carlile

how stunning to see

in the bright white clean birdbath

five baby bluebirds

Julianne Carlile

By Refika Dedić

memory

between the cherry trees

the invisible guest

Refika Dedić

under the sky

between flowers

only silence

Refika Dedić

By Neena Singh

sunflowers

still face the sun...

war zone

Neena Singh

By Barrie Levine

wheeled away

to his private room

dad and his stories

Barrie Levine

By Bryan Rickert

another mass shooting stars

Bryan Rickert

continental

   drift

  the

    ragged

  edge

       you

   left

     behind

Bryan Rickert

 

 

spring rain

the slow sex

of turtles

Bryan Rickert

grackle vocabulary in translation the spring wind

Bryan Rickert

By Tsanka Shishkova

getting older … but the wind of spring

Tsanka Shishkova

 

 

antique shop

a lady recalls the fashion

of her youth

Tsanka Shishkova

 

 

 long list

of charming mistakes

her diary

Tsanka Shishkova