By Yasir Farooq

two strangers

I speak Urdu

and the bird tweets


Yasir Farooq

By Marilyn Ward

august heat

snoozing in borrowed slippers

a tabby cat

Marilyn Ward

By Patricia Hawkhead

longing for heat

to peel away heavy clothes

the sins underneath


Patricia Hawkhead

By Kyoko Bengala

rainy days—

a sunflower still

hot in the sun

Kyoko Bengala

By Kamrun Nahar

Life is a never ending calculation.

Kamrun Nahar

By Hemapriya Chellappan

the timelapse

of passing emotions

flower moon

Hemapriya Chellappan

By Amrutha Prabhu

an introspection

a seed of

healing sprout


Amrutha Prabhu

By Nudurupati Nagasri

meditating ...

a soldier beetle

on red camellia

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Keith Evetts

spiderweb

the dark economy of lies

they swap for love
 

Keith Evetts

By Maria Concetta Conti

autumn stars

sharing a kiss after

a long walk

Maria Concetta Conti

By Sherry Grant

city square

a black swan sings

his last song


Sherry Grant

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

maple leaves

grab the wind

a soft landing


Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

By Barrie Levine

under a silent sky

my own silence

Barrie Levine

By Keith Evetts

farewell tide

the other side

of the moon


Keith Evetts

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Zen garden

plucking of silk strings

resonates within

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Nudurupati Nagasri

dying bonfire

autumn memory

embers
 

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Ed Higgins

suet feeder. . . swaying. . . in winter fog
 

Ed Higgins