By Mircea Moldovan

morning news nagging toothache

Mircea Moldovan

By Ron Scully

yellow warblers

perched in the cheap seats

heckle raining treys

Ron Scully

By Eavonka Ettinger

flying solo

the crow awaits

his murder

Eavonka Ettinger

By Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

jalapeño sun

catching my smile

with your lips

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

By Deborah Burke Henderson

river trail—

mayflies hover

in the sun patch

Deborah Burke Henderson

By Tim Murphy

spring evening

pensioners dance Sevillanas

on the park bandstand

Tim Murphy

By B.A. France

dried petals 

of the chrysanthemum

still remembering

B.A. France

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

flower in the wind

losing petals but open

to the sun

Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Gregory Lanzo

submerged heads

searching seafloor

snorkeling for crabs

Gregory Lanzo

By Lucia Cardillo

beach at sunset ...

my shadow stretches

among seashells

Lucia Cardillo

By Nika

dandelion wine

older than I remember

former loves

Nika

By Muskaan Ahuja

soaring seagull—

the shape 

of her eyebrows 

Muskaan Ahuja

By Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

pebble eyes copper scales—

we never went fishing

but I wanted to

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

By Bernadette O'Reilly

welcome home

a spider waits 

beside the door

Bernadette O'Reilly

By Nudurupati Nagasri

multiverse

traveling through black holes

karma's boomerang

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Adele Evershed

hospital visit—

I travel the dark river

of her wrist

Adele Evershed

By Juliet Wilson

dark matter–

the weight

of family secrets

Juliet Wilson

By Maya Daneva

unexpected door ring

I hide the spider

under the welcome mat

Maya Daneva

By Tina Mowrey

snowfall

guessing

the season

Tina Mowrey

By Alex Lanzo

swirling colors

around our bait

rainbow trout

Alex Lanzo

By Tuyet Van Do

midnight

crickets serenade

a restless soul


Tuyet Van Do

By John Pappas

so still at the end of the dock a white heron

John Pappas

By Sushama Kapur

could I steal it forever this petrichor

Sushama Kapur

By Priti Khullar

confidence–

I do away with

my eyeliner

Priti Khullar

By Louise Hopewell

lost child

her tiny fingers

find mine

Louise Hopewell

By Alvin B. Cruz

closeness...

the seat between us

marked X

Alvin B. Cruz

By Tim Murphy

document delay 

my amygdala considers 

a ransom amount

Tim Murphy

By H. A. Sappho

fourteen billion years

that’s all it took

to make today

H. A. Sappho

By Ruth Holzer

interrupting tai chi to do something less important

Ruth Holzer

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

bicycle tour…

our mood change

with the wind

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Robert Beveridge

innocent in white

the swan seems placid until

you try to pet it

Robert Beveridge

By Melanie Alberts

bopping branch to branch music festival

Melanie Alberts

By Stewart C Baker

glasses for the first time I notice a grey hair

Stewart C Baker

By Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

summer moon

frogs in the pond

speed dating

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

By Douglas J. Lanzo

raising his sights

young boy unspools

his kite string

Douglas J. Lanzo