By Zahra Mughis

extra lunchbox

I carry snacks

for city pigeons


Zahra Mughis

By JL Huffman

copperhead

coiled on my doorstep

unwelcome mat

JL Huffman

By Zahra Mughis

Chopin the rhythm of midsummer rain

Zahra Mughis

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

in his arms i become the rain

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Kyoko Bengala

Solitude --

among a thousand people we

without words

Kyoko Bengala

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

temptress...

a dusting of starlight

falls across my chest

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

sink sank sunk

our friendship

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

because we have nothing left the sun

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Cynthia Anderson

desert gardener

planting seeds

in my father’s shadow

Cynthia Anderson

By GRIX

traversing

a galaxy of lichen . . .

terrestrial snail

GRIX

By Lafcadio

trees standing

in the fog--

all I can see

Lafcadio

By Cynthia Anderson

nightbird

a memory

takes flight

Cynthia Anderson

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

watching the night fall from grace


Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Louise Hopewell

vaccination centre

at the coffee cart

I ask for a double shot

Louise Hopewell

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

behind this silence a twilight in flames

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Teji Sethi

fading sun ...

an eagle’s screech

pierces my melancholy

Teji Sethi

By GRIX

eustasy

the rise and fall

of old feelings

GRIX

By Lori A Minor

social mixer

her drunken smile

full of Gouda

Lori A Minor

By Pippa Phillips

basket of sunflower seeds holding the future for me

Pippa Phillips

By Angiola Ingese

illuminated 

the night without moon-

white flowers

Angiola Ingese

By Marilyn Ward

the ballerina

twirls her tutu...

pink Oleander

Marilyn Ward

By GRIX

mid-sentence a slow-passing comma

GRIX

By Vincenzo Adamo

autumn wind-

I walk with dreams

still in your pocket

Vincenzo Adamo

By Lakshmi Iyer

paddling the stars

in the dark sky

I dream

of heaven beyond

my reach

Lakshmi Iyer

By Teji Sethi

orange hour

sun sinks into

a cloud of dust

Teji Sethi

By Kayla Drouilhet

mid snore…

his hand still rubbing

my back

Kayla Drouilhet

By Pippa Phillips

coffee at midnight

smoke

in a starless sky

Pippa Phillips

By Chen-ou Liu

mountain lake ...

clothed in moonlight

prom date and me

Chen-ou Liu

By Lori A Minor

we jump in

drunk and naked

college fountain

Lori A Minor

By Madeleine Vinluan

grief surfaced

I saw its face

dying moon

Madeleine Vinluan

By Mona Bedi

last breath

three generations

bid farewell

Mona Bedi

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

lockdown blues

the parrot beats its wings

against the cage

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By John J. Dunphy

my bibliophile friend

an unread book beside him

in the coffin

John J. Dunphy

By Joe Sebastian

nibbling bread crumbs

under the Zen garden bridge

a school of koi

Joe Sebastian

By Claire Ninham

lawn mown —

the distant hum

of a wildflower meadow

Claire Ninham