Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

C. Jean Downer

wandering

through her room

to hold near

once-treasured gifts

she left behind

C. Jean Downer



a childhood

in the peripheral

I convince myself

I will always

have enough

C. Jean Downer

Manasa Reddy Chichili

mountain temple

far from home

searching for peace

Manasa Reddy Chichili

Susan Lee Roberts

ocean breeze...

together we walk

the life-long jetty

Susan Lee Roberts



onion—

layers of

unexpressed sweetness

Susan Lee Roberts

Neena Singh

football field—

a sparrow holds

the goal post

Neena Singh



insomnia

stray dogs bark

all night

Neena Singh



margosa shade

the corn seller

fans her coal


Neena Singh

Elena Zouain

red chrysanthemum —

the color of a memory

Elena Zouain



silence of the forest —

the deer’s bellow

reaches the moon

Elena Zouain

Monday, November 25, 2024

Jerome Berglund

forced perspective

finding pockets

in the shallows

Jerome Berglund



thumb, forefinger

disentangling

the leaves

Jerome Berglund



beneath

the clouded surface

glimpses of movement

Jerome Berglund

Jennifer Gurney

the number of

planes buzzing overhead

now outnumbers

the clouds, the birds

even the stars

Jennifer Gurney


 

days shortening

little by little

leaning into fall


Jennifer Gurney

Barrie Levine

lost glove

he warms her hand

in both of his

Barrie Levine



phantom ring

on her left hand

stages of grief

Barrie Levine

Susan Burch

roundabout we get through it

Susan Burch



peacock brooch

when did I stop

feeling pretty

Susan Burch

Fatma Zohra Habis

harvest moon

far from the war zone

children's laughter

Fatma Zohra Habis

Michael Shoemaker

 

Along the Fence Line

Michael Shoemaker

Chad Henry

yellow tablecloth

a handful of sage

starting to crumble

Chad Henry



midsummer dusk

rain on the skylight

the cat hears it first

 

Chad Henry

Bryan Rickert

the silence

     it brings

          prairie frost

Bryan Rickert



pretending

I’m a gardener–

three tomato harvest

 

Bryan Rickert



digging out

a thorn

this struggle

to remove

you

Bryan Rickert

John J. Dunphy

God

god

a god

no god

John J. Dunphy



visitation

the deceased and I wear

the same color tie

John J. Dunphy



communion Sunday

our church's body of Christ

gluten-free

John J. Dunphy

Arvinder Kaur

walk as usual

but this time the magic

of leaf shadows

Arvinder Kaur



woven into my insignificance gossamer threads

Arvinder Kau

Tony Williams

when I was young

and a cat

and not some kind of man


Tony Williams



an owl’s

vowels

around midnight


Tony Williams

John Pappas

winter lavender how I know you’re here

John Pappas



dropping blossoms

how little of this world

is ours
 

John Pappas

Brad Bennett

an easement

onto conservation land

morning mist

Brad Bennett

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Sunday Service

the way the Archangel

from the stained glass

scatters its light

on your shoulder

Steliana Cristina Voicu



one more

night without you…

just the wind

and the autumn lights

grow at my window

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Jiel Narvekar

Lush green, freshly cut

Golden rays caress the edges

Crafty, plastic turf

Jiel Narvekar

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