By Barrie Levine

travel photos

no one there knows

who we are

Barrie Levine

By David Kāwika Eyre

spring dusk

still hearing

the quiet of

the old folk

David Kāwika Eyre

By petro c. k.

an army of leaf blowers

moves in on a peaceful morning

petro c. k.

By Tuyet Van Do

on the footpath

shelters for the homeless

cardboard boxes

Tuyet Van Do

By David He

the nurse

lifts her mask

for some fresh air…

a sickle moon creeps

into the tent crack

 

David He

By Jim Niffen

kyiv

your smoke

fills the moon

Jim Niffen

By Kamil Plich

on the bus

the hair on our legs

touch

Kamil Plich

By David He

moonrise...

I remember

the Buddha




David He

By Erica Dionora

A foaming tide

washes over the wet sand

filling in foot craters

Erica Dionora

By John J. Dunphy

dad's hummingbird feeder

now outside

his hospice window

John J. Dunphy

By Chen-ou Liu

distant sirens ...

blood stained carved hearts

in a school desk

Chen-ou Liu

By Satyanarayana Chittaluri

nothing

to think

sunset

Satyanarayana Chittaluri

By Douglas J. Lanzo

sea-blown winds

hints of bagpipe

through pleated rock

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Choupie Moysan

mother's day

she smiles

from the frame

Choupie Moysan

By Nika

waning moon

we discuss the need

to budget

 

Nika

By Algo

White butterflies sing

Temporary arias

To their broken wings.

Algo

By Joshua St. Claire

empires

the fanfare and fade

of fireflies

Joshua St. Claire

By Deborah A. Bennett

always

somewhere a war –

first lemons

Deborah A. Bennett

By John Pappas

waving wild switchgrass how little we know

John Pappas

By Ruth Holzer

our footsteps

clattering on the stone bridge

together

in unwelcome dawn

we go our separate ways

Ruth Holzer

By Helen Ogden

second amendment

bearing the weight

of hindsight

Helen Ogden

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Break in Kiev

A soldier paints birds in flight

June cadre



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

chalk drawings

the mailman jumps over

her rainbow

Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Chen-ou Liu

Pride Parade

the way he looks at me

with kerosene-blue eyes

Chen-ou Liu

By Maya Daneva

moon path

just enough to fit

the sharp-nosed boat

Maya Daneva

By Joanna Ashwell

mid-hour

finding time

inside silence

Joanna Ashwell

By Pippa Phillips

ginko walk

the imperfect medicine

of time

Pippa Phillips

By Arvinder Kaur

a lullaby

in the fragrant breeze

hometown

Arvinder Kaur

By Katherine E Winnick

featherlight jewel

at the nape of her neck

containing arsenic

Katherine E Winnick

By Mona Bedi

quagmire walk

the situations i try

to avoid

Mona Bedi

By Mircea Moldovan

the easy step

of a courier

morning glory

Mircea Moldovan

By Ray Spitzenberger

clay

pot

bleeds

red

lilies

Ray Spitzenberger

By John Pappas

even in the driving rain her red lipstick

John Pappas

By Keith Evetts

agreeing with each other shrunken heads

Keith Evetts

By Chen-ou Liu

100 days

she's been gone with no trace

the bar of soap

still shaped by her hand

that once caressed me

Chen-ou Liu