By Shelly Smith

aged fiddler

plays a goodbye song—

summer’s last cricket

Shelly Smith

By Alvin B. Cruz

getting tattooed

a rose eternally

blooming

Alvin B. Cruz

By Kaushal Suvarna

a dozen moons —

slicing onions


Kaushal Suvarna

By Thomas Klodowsky

returning to yourself

at dawn: where was I going?

is it still yesterday?

Thomas Klodowsky

By Mirela Brailean

swans' dance

the repeated bows

of the old dancer

Mirela Brailean

By Simone Pansolin

forging a key

out of the steel

of a lock

Simone Pansolin

By David He

a monk

meditates

in the moonlight

on his hut

an owl hoots

David He

By Dan C. Iulian

long night —

both insomniacs

me and the moon

Dan C. Iulian

By Patrick Sweeney

plate-spinning

novelty acts

in my mother's laughter

Patrick Sweeney

By Michael Nickels-Wisdom

a 

flip 

book 

of 

selves 

walk 

ing 

be 

tween 

the 

trees

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

By Jerome Berglund

in the waiting room

all the magazines

to read

Jerome Berglund

By Amoolya Kamalnath

mountain tales...

the nightlong journey

of a doctor

Amoolya Kamalnath

By Vasile Moldovan

earthquake in Turkey —

a dog among people

saving people

Vasile Moldovan

*

 

a diligent pupil

in the footstep of Bashō

trying to write haiku

Vasile Moldovan

By M. R. Pelletier

Chance meeting—

   the warmth

   of an old flame

M. R. Pelletier

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

yearning...

magnolias in full bloom

since we parted

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Govind Joshi

a lamb

on her shoulders

she shepherds the sheep

Govind Joshi

By Helen Ogden

woodland meadow—

thumbing through

my dogeared bird book

Helen Ogden

*

 

gusty wind

a grey gull navigates

the ups and downs

Helen Ogden