Katie Montagna

"Shut the gate”

reads the sign

on the open gate

Katie Montagna

Tejendra Sherchan

a national daily’s

thought for today column—

blank!

Tejendra Sherchan

By Janet Krauss

As I place the hearing aid

in my ear, a bell rings within,

an invitation to enter

a sanctum of sound where

voices inspire, cajole and comfort.

Janet Krauss

By Sarah Mahina Calvello

Feeling renewed

In a knitted sweater

Vanilla coffee

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Timothy Daly

unsaved number

telling her

I met someone

Timothy Daly

Sharon Martina

night-blooming jasmine

a whiff

of moonlight

Sharon Martina

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

giving the poet

a longer life

late-blooming cherries

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi