By Michael Shoemaker

Coming Storm

 Michael Shoemaker

By Oscar Luparia

silent flame

the scented lullaby

of her candle

Oscar Luparia

By Diane Funston

terracotta canvas

Frida Kahlo lilies

Mexico

Diane Funston

By Steliana Cristina Voicu

wedding day…

leaving

parents’ home

Steliana Cristina Voicu

By Voima Oy

Twin moons

silver coins

wish for peace

Voima Oy

By Xiaoou Chen

rushing forth

the war-horses’ legs

become invisible


Xiaoou Chen

By Albert Schlaht

noon-time walk

under the autumn sun

a cloud of gnats


Albert Schlaht

By Anthony Ward

feeling a presence

like a breath upon my neck,

with no body there

Anthony Ward

By Lakshman Bulusu

penguins dance

ocean waves froth

settles underfoot

Lakshman Bulusu

By Tony Williams

January…

the hairdryer

brings July

Tony Williams

By Nancy Story

Your arms don't hold me

anymore. Instead, I fly,

buzz around your head.

Nancy Story

By Richard Bailly

rare moment

shared with grandchild

ice cream sandwich

Richard Bailly

By Adele Evershed

cold snap—

breaking through the fog

a robin's song

Adele Evershed

By Chad Parenteau

River reflections

bounce green-gold doubloons

back onto treetops.

Chad Parenteau

By Madhavi. K

Summer sunrise

The taste of gran's

Yukon gold mash

Madhavi. K

By Monica Kakkar

blue sky in winter

glistens on a bluebird day—

brimful baby blues

Monica Kakkar

by Michael H. Lester

 Woman Living with Wolves

Michael H. Lester

Wolf Moon or Full Moon Haiku Needed

By Srini

midnight

the walls still speaking

heat


Srini

By Minal Sarosh

rising with the bird’s wings mountain tops

Minal Sarosh

By Joshua St. Claire

allons-y

a murmuration of starlings

carries off my gaze


Joshua St. Claire

By Joanna Ashwell

garden swing

holding the memory

of a storm

Joanna Ashwell

By Ann Christine Tabaka

humming the tune

        a song never sung


Ann Christine Tabaka

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

safe cave

warm campfire glowing

against a dark world


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Elliot Diamond

tree pose

of a yoga morning

autumn leaves

Elliot Diamond

By Charles E. Lawler

autumn's end

the loneliness of

empty trees

Charles E. Lawler

By Eugeniusz Zacharski

billions of neutrinos

passing through me...

all alone

Eugeniusz Zacharski

By Anne Curran

in the distance

its crimson bloom —

pohutukawa

Anne Curran

By David J Kelly

afternoon, evening

somewhere in between

thistledown

David J Kelly

By Douglas J. Lanzo

lifting fog

grandma remembers

how much we love her


Douglas J. Lanzo

By Dianne Moritz

warm temperatures

melt our snowman completely

except carrot nose

Dianne Moritz

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

daughter …

the duty of being a

caged bird

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Michael Shoemaker

 

Peach Sky

 Michael Shoemaker

By Susan Burch

Like the Truman Show, maybe people in heaven are watching shows of us.

how everyone loves

an underdog -

surely someone

up there

is rooting for me

Susan Burch

By Tom Clausen

traffic slows

I move the dead rabbit

to safety

Tom Clausen