chirps in the moonlight low battery warning
— Barrie Levine, USA
Month: November 2022
Lament for the Missing Moon
The moon again this
night hides from my sight & robs
my soul of its cool
light … instead this constant rain
seeps coldly into my bones
— Lorraine Caputo, on the road in Latin America
walking
walking
into an antique store
the vintage clock
ticktocks me
into bringing him home
— Rupa Anand, India
crossing
crossing
the gate always open
chrysanthemums
— Nazarena Rampini, Italy
The rain washes trees
The rain washes trees
and sunrise makes them shine
a routine service.
— S. D. Amaranath, India
hibernating
hibernating
the anti-clockwise
in me
— Ella Aboutboul, UK
survivor
survivor
the dismay as I watch him
on television
leading life
as if nothing
at all happened
— Deepa Patil, India
an open bag
an open bag in the wind
empty
inside out
— Rita Melissano, USA
Bio — Rita R. Melissano
Rita R. Melissano, Ph.D. is a longtime non-fiction writer who only in recent years has developed a passion for haiku poetry. Some of her work has been accepted and has appeared in Mariposa, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Haiku Dialogue, Scarlet Dragonfly, and in Red Paper Parasols” the 2022 Anthology of SCHSG. Her first book will find its debut as a haiku collection in early 2023. A world traveler originally from Italy, she lives in a forest overlooking the Mississippi on the Illinois side. This is a perfect setting also for her photography and haiga, for oneness with Nature, her sharing of The Way of Love (website thewayof.love) through ancient spiritual teachings and the contemplative practices of Mindfulness, Meditation, Light Giving, Evolutionary Collective, and also for Healing Conversations with her, a holistic psychotherapist in a love donation-based private practice.
walking through old Oktober
walking
through old Oktober
a beggar
ask me
if the snow will be as white
— Mircea Moldovan, România
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