By Peter Jastermsky

leaving us to imagine . broken pencil

Peter Jastermsky

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

possibly

a sparrow

or a tsunami

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Barrie Levine

peach tea

breathing in

the fullness of life

Barrie Levine

By Mircea Moldovan

a flock of birds

turns the sky upside down

New Year

Mircea Moldovan

By Lee Hudspeth

yellow crescent moon slips into midnight’s indigo

Lee Hudspeth

By Sean Lynch

2022 –

rain washes litter

into a storm drain

Sean Lynch

Chen-ou Liu

hallway stillness

traffic hum drifts through windows

of a nursing home

Chen-ou Liu

Elisa Theriana

new prescription

psychiatrist asks me

not to google

Elisa Theriana

William Keckler

spousal tombstones

the wives tend to arrive

fashionably late

William Keckler

By Ray Spitzenberger

forest zither

speaks to me

Sachsen tales

Ray Spitzenberger

By Joe Sebastian

on a bare bough the ants carry the light there is


Joe Sebastian

Vincenzo Adamo

barbed wire–

looking for a hole

of hope

Vincenzo Adamo

By Muskaan Ahuja

crowded bus –

            a fly takes

the seat I leave

Muskaan Ahuja

By Douglas J. Lanzo

fading hopes

trails of stardust

sift through my fingers


Douglas J. Lanzo

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

words 

grow quieter

candlelight


Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Pris Campbell

falling star

so many wishes linked

this covid night

Pris Campbell

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

mother’s reflection

in the bakery window

winter stars

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

Lakshmi Iyer

year end

so many things left

unpacked

Lakshmi Iyer

By Nani Mariani

welcome 2022

as the universe sings

holy man's prayer

the rosary shines bright

bringing a message of peace

Nani Mariani

Mircea Moldovan

daily

counting years and snowflakes

Alzheimer's

Mircea Moldovan