chewed up cabbage

chewed up cabbage
it’s okay, the rabbit
left some for us

            — Randy Brooks, USA

spring breeze

spring breeze —
timber fragrance
absorbing the forest

            — Swarna Bopali, Sri Lanka

loneliness

loneliness –
among shards of bottles
full moon

            — Giuliana Ravaglia, Italy

Centered Stage

I watch
a perfect dewdrop
falling
silent in the contest
between form and gravity


sixty feet below
ocean currents follow
preordained paths…
for my journey I choose
an unknown road


constellations
poised in the night
lead me …
shooting stars
flash then fade


applause
reaches a crescendo
15 seconds
in the spotlight
before the curtains fall

            — Marilyn Humbert, Australia / Jane Asher, Australia

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemum…
swirl of strangers
coming home

            — Genevieve S. Aguinaldo, Philippines

grandpa’s words

grandpa’s words
always around us
life lessons
raindrops filling up
the small puddle

            — Minal Sarosh, India

Dried orchid petal

Dried orchid petal
hurrying on veiny legs
where are you going?

            — Lindsay Comer, UK

leaves of three

leaves of three
a vine twists around
the tree trunk

            — Nancy Brady, USA

autumn dream

autumn dream —
pomegranates flowering
in the Middle East

            — Nicoletta Ignatti, Italy

walking over

walking over
fallen leaves
the sound of red and orange

            — Maya Daneva, The Netherlands