By Ray Spitzenberger

not able

to pen poems about wars

only prayers

Ray Spitzenberger

By Susan Burch

prison break

my thoughts

escape me

Susan Burch

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Spring galaxy

The wonder of other worlds

in my heart

Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Mircea Moldovan

snowmen another day without words

Mircea Moldovan

By Zdenka Mlinar

war

demolition and killing

damn it

hope

in the newborn

Zdenka Mlinar

By Manoj Sharma

winter morning

I avoid eye contact 

with an ex-lover

Manoj Sharma

By Louise Hopewell

botanic gardens

the open arms

of an oak tree

Louise Hopewell

By Nudurupati Nagasri

crashing paper plane...

the aerodynamics of

resolutions

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Maya Daneva

lockdown bikes

up to the saddle

in snow

Maya Daneva

By Deborah A. Bennett

i am not in here

i am not out there either —

child wandering in snow

Deborah A. Bennett

By Mike Gallagher

stargazer

immortality proffers

a crooked finger

Mike Gallagher

By B.A. France

celestial

navigation tables ..
.
calculating life

B.A. France

By Janet Ruth

bird tracks

like hieroglyphics

untranslated

Janet Ruth

By Helen Ogden

Storm Moon

unsettled weather

over Ukraine

Helen Ogden

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

my words

published with others

pieces in a quilt

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Tim Murphy

overhearing

a strange conversation

winter dusk

Tim Murphy

By Sushama Kapur

silence closes in the touch of a whisper


Sushama Kapur

By Kelly Sauvage

cage-free the bleat of a rather fine poem

Kelly Sauvage

By Barrie Levine

frigid temps her shadow too thin for winter

Barrie Levine

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

until i can exhale the darkest ravine

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Susan K Beard

Tonight

while you danced with another

I remembered

Susan K Beard

By Keith Evetts

Valentine what's a few more wrinkles

Keith Evetts

By John J. Dunphy

drizzled with cake coloring —

my gay neighbors build

a rainbow snowperson

John J. Dunphy

By Robert Epstein

no mention

of hope or destiny

sea spray

Robert Epstein

By Daniela Misso

gulls blend into the horizon sea splash

Daniela Misso

By John J. Dunphy

trash pickup eve

working its way down the street

a raccoon

John J. Dunphy

By David Ngo

Tiger, please lend me 

your strokes to write on the door

‘Prosperity’.

David Ngo

By Mona Bedi

spring festival–

dragons from my childhood

dance on the road


Mona Bedi

By Brad Bennett

spring recess

playground mud sticks 

to their soles

Brad Bennett

By Elancharan Gunasekaran

twilight funeral restless harbour winds

Elancharan Gunasekaran

By Joanna Ashwell

silence

in every room

the sunlight

becoming a halo

around open wings

Joanna Ashwell

By Veronika Zora Novak

shape-shifting the sound of skeleton keys

Veronika Zora Novak

By Joe Sebastian

end of long day

i invite the Milky Way

through my window

Joe Sebastian