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Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5:2, Spring-Summer 2022

6/17/2022

 
Welcome to the fifth Spring-Summer issue of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal. Some haiku in this issue reflect what the world has been recently going through: pandemic, grief and loss, war, climate change. There is ongoing strong evidence of massive climate change like melting polar ice and burning forests and grasslands. Yet, haiku poets have been able to write serious haiku on these subjects from around the world. The journal is in alphabetical order by author, yet the first and last haiku of this issue are closely connected, coincidentally. There are still a lot of pure nature haiku but the tone overall is more somber; there are some hopeful haiku as well. I congratulate the haiku poets for not giving up and still creating good poems in these times.

Bruce Ross, June 2022



refugees from Kiev –
the roses buried
under the dust

profughi da Kiev –
sepolte le rose
sotto la polvere
       Vincenzo Adamo, Italy
 
                                                                          thunder over
                                                                          creosote flats –
                                                                          flood of petrichor

                                                                          marsh trail
                                                                          the faint rustle
                                                                          of mule deer
                                                                                   Cynthia Anderson, USA
 
peace agreement –
out of the blue the plum trees
full of flowers

acord de pace –
dintr-odată prunii
se umplu de flori

renewing our vows
under the blossoming cherry –
spring dream

vis de primăvară –
reînnoindu-ne jurămintele
sub cireşul înflorit
         Cristina-Valeria Apetrei, Romania
 
                                                                         distant thunder
                                                                         patting the last seed
                                                                         into the earth
                                                                                Marilyn Ashbaugh, USA
 
glimpsing
a golden throat
the release of notes

clover meadow
watercolour rain
deepening

sending
a postcard
ravine light
       Joanna Ashwell, UK
 
                                                                           lilies of the valley
                                                                           and still the grey wrinkling ocean
                                                                           in her heart

                                                                           the day the air shifts
                                                                           at the end of summer –
                                                                           cool, damp and ripe
                                                                                  Meg Arnot, UK
 
dreams
from an old journal . . .
cherry blossoms
        Stewart C Baker, USA
 
                                                                        meteor shower –
                                                                        the secrets I kept
                                                                        from you

                                                                       childhood lake
                                                                       a stone thrown in the water
                                                                       breaks my reverie

                                                                       springtime
                                                                       I share the porch swing with
                                                                       a monarch butterfly
                                                                                Mona Bedi, India
 
red hollyhocks
tall shadows
on a bullet-riddled wall

roses trémières rouges
des hautes ombres contre
un mur criblé de balles

this silence between us
a firefly
dances in the dark

ce silence entre nous
une luciole
danse dans le noir

and yet
here’s evening
with all its stars

et pourtant
voici le soir
avec toutes ses étoiles
         Maxianne Berger, Canada
 
                                                                          the flowers
                                                                          it will never hold
                                                                          vase on my canvas
                                                                                 Daya Bhat, India
 
late raspberries
no moon to walk
the dog under
          Bisshie, Switzerland
 
                                                                          in every cell
                                                                          of my body
                                                                          well water

                                                                          an old master
                                                                          the pandemic landscape
                                                                          of another year

                                                                         sand –
                                                                         the ocean’s way
                                                                         of keeping us humble
                                                                                Marjorie Bruhmuller, Canada
 
petrichor
the neighbor’s cat refreshes
her scent mark
       Stefanie Bucifal, Germany
 
                                                                         wildflowers
                                                                         make a surprise appearance
                                                                         desert shower

                                                                         raven shadow
                                                                         shades the darting lizard
                                                                         midsummer noon
                                                                                 Alanna C. Burke, USA
 
                                  summer time
                                  I catch and release
                                  a horny toad
                                          Claire Vogel Camargo, USA
 
slowly advances
the night with the moon –
owl on the branch

pian piano avanza
la notte con la luna –
gufo sul ramo

crescent moon –
how many bodies buried
without a cross

luna crescente –
quanti corpi sepolti
senza una croce

a goldfinch
on the cherry basket –
sound of wings

un cardellino
sul cesto di ciliegie –
rumore d’ali
        Dennys Cambarau, Italy
 
                                                                           Sparrows hop
                                                                           The faded fence sign:
                                                                           No Tresspa
                                                                                  Mayan Caplan, USA
 
house for sale –
a squirrel in the orchard
inspects the place

casă de vânzare –
în livadă o veveriţă
inspectează locul
        Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă, Romania
 
                                                                           curve of the wake
                                                                           half the sun
                                                                           not pulled under

                                                                           awakening
                                                                           how angel terns
                                                                           amass sunlight
                                                                                 Matthew Caretti, USA/American Samoa
 
spring afternoon
in its shell a snail waits
for gentle rain

spring afternoon
mother and daughter crowned
with daisy chains
        Liam Carson, Ireland
 
                                                                          watched the sun
                                                                          move across the water –
                                                                          floating leaf
                                                                                  Vernon Chain, USA
 
under the spring moon
spreading the scent –
jasmine blossom
       Ram Chandran, India
 
                                               summer breeze
                                               painting the old pond
                                               I remember mother
                                     
                                       夏の風池の絵を描き母偲ぶ  
                                                              tr. 中野千秋
                                                      Christina Chin, Malaysia
 
blackbird’s song
two old neighbors
talking in sign language

cântecul mierlei
cei doi vecini bătrâni
vorbesc prin semne
       Cezar Ciobîcă, Romania
 
                                                                           Earth Day –
                                                                           all around the virus
                                                                           cannon rumble

                                                                           Ziua Pământului –
                                                                           de jur împrejur virusul
                                                                           bubuit de tun
                                                                                  Mihaela Cojocaru, Romania
 
snowdrops
the wobbly legs
of a newborn lamb

river fog
the returning geese
seen not heard
        Sue Colpitts, Canada
 
                                 resting oriole . . .  the easy sway of the dawn
                                                       martin gottlieb cohen, USA
arranging a burial
the tree full
of cherry buds

organizzando un funerale
l’albero pieno
di boccioli di ciliegio

my father’s grave
an anemone blooming
in the shade

la tomba di mio padre
un anemone fiorisce
nell’ombra

on the highway
with me and you
the Spring sunset

in autostrada
con me e te
il tramonto di primavera
        Maria Concetta Conti, Italy
 
                                                                           a billowing sail
                                                                           of parachute cloth
                                                                           refugees
                                                                                    Bill Cooper, USA
 
spring thaw
a wealth of colour unleashed
from stone

country lane
the cows up to their eyes
in daisies
        Sue Courtney, New Zealand
 
                                                                          shadows on the bed
                                                                          I crawl into
                                                                          a full moon
                                                                                 Ronald K. Craig, USA
 
lost my way
in eucalyptus forest –
grasshopper

night curfew –
behind an abandoned house
mango flowers
        Ashesh Das, India
 
                                                                           it’s all right
                                                                           the cherry trees bloom again
                                                                           it’ll be okay

                                                                           ça va
                                                                           les cerisiers refleurissent
                                                                           ça va aller

                                                                           first date
                                                                           the spring rolls
                                                                           thaw slowly

                                                                           premier rendez-vous
                                                                           les rouleaux de printemps
                                                                           dégèlent lentement
                                                                                  Marie Derley, Belgium
 
late summer tide –
ripened blackberries
with a tang of salt

rain-soaked
pampas grass,
head bent low
         elehna de sousa, Canada
 
                                                                            late afternoon
                                                                            farm auction
                                                                            one horse left

                                                                            shifting winds
                                                                            the nest at the tip
                                                                            of the branch

                                                                           childhood home
                                                                           a monarch egg
                                                                           clings to milkweed
                                                                                    Carmela Dolce, USA
 
                                               lifting fog
                                               swirl of a paintbrush
                                               in water
                                                       Johnette Downing, USA
 
cherry petals rain
nobody’s noticing
the ballerina’s dance

дъжд от черешови листенца
никой не забелязва
танца на балерината
        Radostina Dragostinova, Bulgaria
 
                                                                           junkyard convertible
                                                                           its driver’s seat occupied
                                                                           by a tumbleweed
                                                                                 John J. Dunphy, USA
 
bread fragrance –
all over the house
grandma’s memory

aroma pâinii –
amintirea bunicii
în toată casa
        Carmen Duvalma, Romania
 
                                                                           a hint of color
                                                                           in the forsythia
                                                                           last day of rehab
                                                                                   Susan Farner, USA
 
spring mayfly
the certain suddenness
of death

gamu-gamong tagsibol
ang tiyak na kabiglaan
ng kamatayan
         Nestorio Felerino, Philippines
 
                                                                          smooth water
                                                                          a hatch of mayflies
                                                                          shakes the surface

                                                                          mackerel sky
                                                                          a boat sits over
                                                                          a school
                                                                                  Jeffrey Ferrara, USA
 
                                              bellbirds
                                              a steady trickling
                                              of coolness
                                                        Lorin Ford, Australia
 
spring
counting the loss
wind through the chimes

out of dark tears
the sun lifting
on seagull wings

high country
silence
walking my thought
       Jenny Fraser, New Zealand
 
                                                                           city sunset
                                                                           the pace of traffic
                                                                           the pace of clouds
                                                                                  Ben Gaa, USA
 
                                              dappled sunlight
                                              the stretch of the box turtle’s
                                              mottled neck
                                                       Joshua Gage, USA
 
                                                                          agrofarm
                                                                          no milkweed for
                                                                          the butterflies

                                                                          housebreaking
                                                                          an errant honeybee
                                                                          finds our orchid
                                                                                  William Scott Galasso, USA
 
from the mist
a heron has come –
no longer seen

desde la niebla
ha venido una garza –
ya no se ve

the present day
it’s full of birds –
come to see

el dìa de hoy
està lleno de pàjaros –
vengan a ver

among the many
birds that sing sings
the chinchilin*

entre las muchas
aves que cantan canta
el chincilìn
     *Quiscalus niger, little bird from the Caribbean islands
                Rafael Garcìa Bidò, Dominican Republic
 
                                                                          bonfire . . .
                                                                          no one is winning
                                                                          in this war

                                                                          lomača . . .
                                                                          nitko ne pobjeđuje
                                                                          u ovom ratu

                                                                          lost generation . . .
                                                                          an old man throws
                                                                          crusts to pigeons

                                                                          izgubljena generacija . . .
                                                                          starac baca
                                                                          kore golubovima

                                                                          fertility clinic –
                                                                          she pushes baby carriage
                                                                          full of cherry petals

                                                                          klinika za plodnost --
                                                                          ona gura dječja kolica
                                                                          puna latica trešnje
                                                                                    Goran Gatalica, Croatia
 
Empty evening
Trapped in amber
Unknown insect

Pusty wieczór
Uwięziony w bursztynie
Nieznany owad

Suddenly sand
Has stopped in between . . .
The old hourglass

Nagle piasek
Zatrzymał się pomiędzy…
Stara klepsydra
        Anna Goluba, Poland
 
                                                                           too many
                                                                           to count in one night
                                                                           lucky stars
                                                                                 Charles Harmon, USA
 
coast path home
my old hound shivers
out of a cloud
      John Hawkhead, UK
 
                                                                           a gentle breeze
                                                                           summer moonlight bends
                                                                           through the palms
                                                                                  Gary Hittmeyer, USA
 
first tulip
you just couldn’t resist
picking it

waxing day moon –
the bald eagle
on her egg

polishing off
what the fox left –
crow couple
          Ruth Holzer, USA
 
                                                                           forest bathing
                                                                           the question mark
                                                                           of a fern frond
                                                                                  Louise Hopewell, Australia
 
                                               stormy weather
                                               the drains garlanded
                                               with blossom
                                                       Erica Ison, UK
 
glorious morn –
in every dewdrop
one sun

răsărit de foc –
în fiecare bob de rouă
câte un soare
       Dan Iulian, Romania
 
                                                                          summer dusk
                                                                          shadows in the crow’s eyes
                                                                          hide and seek
                                                                                 Lakshmi Iyer, India
 
                                                as the crow flies
                                                a butterfly meanders
                                                through a summer day

                            in the wake of the flood a puddle of sunshine
                                                              Rick Jackofsky, USA
 
                                       pine forest a sense of longing
                                                              Roberta Beach Jacobson, USA
 
No encore –
a cicada starts again
the same chirp

アンコール無くまた同じ蝉の声

River breeze –
coupling dragonflies
in tandem

川風や交尾のとんぼ二連結
            Satoru Kanematsu, Japan
 
                                                                           all those shadows
                                                                           were not shadows once
                                                                           childhood home

                                                                           rain wet petals
                                                                           once more the coolness
                                                                           of mother’s touch
                                                                                   Arvinder Kaur, India
 
                                               nearing ninety
                                               day by day
                                               the leaves return
                                                       Bill Kenney, USA
 
childhood garden
roses & irises bloom
between the rocks

searching the sky
for patches of blue
migrating cranes
       kjmunro, Canada
 
                                                                           among the thermals
                                                                           higher and higher . . .
                                                                           a runaway kite
                                                                                  Kim Klugh, USA
 
                                               lakeside sand
                                               a gray buckeye
                                               suns itself
                                                      Deborah P Kolodji, USA
 
night swimming
the young Moon slips out
through her fingers

noćno kupanje
iz ruku joj izmiče
mladi mjesec
         Nina Kovačić, Croatia (Trans. Đurđa Vukelić Rožić)
 
                               sunrise beach tortoise trailing night behind
                                                                          Jeff Kressmann, USA
 
end of the attack
rescued from the ruins
plush elephant

konec napada
rešen izpod ruševin
plišasti slonček
       Samo Kreutz, Slovenia
 
                                                                           noonday sun . . .
                                                                           all these blackbirds
                                                                           in treetops singing

                                                                           on the beach
                                                                           this moonlight patch
                                                                           calls me to dance
                                                                                   Jill Lange, USA
 
sheath of ash
peels off white birch
healing from within
        Douglas J. Lanzo, USA
 
                                                                          library afternoon
                                                                          lost in the silence
                                                                          of myself

                                                                          a cucumber vine
                                                                          drags itself . . .
                                                                          August heat
                                                                                  Barrie Levine, USA
 
ice storm . . .
we salvage maple boughs
to bud inside

shortest night
a glimpse of schooling squid
on the harbor cam
         Kristen Lindquist, USA
 
                                                 drawing hearts
                                                 on her breath-fogged window . . .
                                                 evacuation train

                                                 繪製重疊的心
                                                 在她的霧氣朦朧的窗戶上 ...
                                                 疏散撤離列車
 
                                                 the scent
                                                 of dappled sunlight
                                                 redwood hike

                                                 斑駁陽光
                                                 的氣味
                                                 步行紅木森林
                                                         Chen-ou Liu, Canada
 
I walk slowly . . .
brooding of the blackbird
in the garden bush . . .

cammino piano . . .
nel cespuglio in giardino
cova del merlo

abandoned mill –
the buzz of insects
by the stream

mulino abbandonato –
il ronzio degli insetti
accanto al torrente

lone ascent . . .
the late summer wind
stirs the silence

arrampicata solitaria . . .
il vento di fine estate
mescola il silenzio
         Oscar Luparia, Italy
 
                                                                           white wisteria
                                                                           enough shade for two
                                                                           watching butterflies
                                                                                  Anthony Lusardi, USA
 
blooming sakura –
swans on the pond
carrying petals
        Elena Malec, USA
 
                                                                           cancer
                                                                           a wildflower sprouts
                                                                           from the rock

                                                                           cancro
                                                                           un fiore selvatico
                                                                           spunta dalla roccia
                                                                                   Carmela Marino, Italy
 
old-time waltz
lily-of-the-valley
in her hair

lingering chill
an obituary of one
so much younger
         Marietta McGregor, Australia
 
                                                                           Cool and rainy,
                                                                           such a gray drowsiness . . .
                                                                           One more Monday

                                                                           Fresca y de lluvia,
                                                                           esta modorra gris . . .
                                                                           Un Lunes más
                                                                                   Lía Miersch, Argentina
 
                      filtered sunlight deep in the forest the lyrebird sings
                                                                    Mark Miller, Australia
 
morning of her passing
                     new buds on the dogwood

listening
for the falling close –
song sparrow
         Beverly Acuff Momoi, USA
 
                                                                          late August
                                                                          the sunset
                                                                          in another window

                                                                          almost forgotten
                                                                          plum tomatoes
                                                                          covered by frost
                                                                                 Mike Montreuil, Canada
 
summer dusk
voices in the wind
rise and fall

no stranger
under the cherry tree
wine tasting

falling out
of the poetry book
pink petals
        Joanne Morcom, Canada
 
                                                                           weeding the onions
                                                                           down on my knees
                                                                           thunderclap

                                                                           sarchiando le cipolle
                                                                           piegata sui ginocchi
                                                                           rombo di tuono

                                                                           tamped into earth
                                                                           a fragile cutting
                                                                           homesickness

                                                                           pressata nella terra
                                                                           una fragile talea
                                                                           nostalgia di casa

                                                                           elm pruning . . .
                                                                           the first of no-coat day
                                                                           I wink at the greengrocer

                                                                           potatura dell’olmo
                                                                           primo di’ senza cappotto . . .
                                                                           strizzo l’occhio all’ortolano
                                                                                   Luciana Moretto, Italy
 
                                                full moon
                                                I could walk across the lake
                                                on a strip of light
                                                       Wilda Morris, USA
 
dandelion breeze –
the deadlines I let drift
out of sight

beach roses –
the way she talks her way
down the path
       Laurie D. Morrissey, USA
 
                                                                           a butterfly pauses
                                                                           to drink from the gutter
                                                                           departing summer
                                                                                   Leanne Mumford, Australia
 
                                                cloud watching
                                                elephants and dragons
                                                come and go
                                                        Nika, Canada
 
fading light
the hummingbird returns
to drink its fill

insomnia
the trajectories of stars
become familiar
        Helen Ogden, USA
 
                                                                           not able to hear
                                                                           the skylark’s song –
                                                                           this dead fox

                                                                          cloudy once again –
                                                                          where do bees, butterflies go
                                                                          on mornings like these?

                                                                         last day of the holidays –
                                                                         a juvenile stone chat
                                                                         trills a goodbye
                                                                                 Maeve O’Sullivan, Ireland
 
stars within my palm
dandelions to the wind
couldn’t save it all
         Scott Packer, Canada
 
                                                                         peace lily
                                                                         I move my shadow
                                                                         away from the butterfly
                                                                                  Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 
                                               first day without her
                                               mother’s empty kettle
                                               heavy in my hand
                                                       Vandana Parashar, India
 
mother’s death . . .
a butterfly settles
on my coffee cup

majčina smrt . . .
na šalicu s kavom
spusti se leptir
         Dejan Pavlinović, Croatia
 
                                                                           death
                                                                           in the family . . .
                                                                           a dried rose
                                                                                 Susan Bonk Plumridge, Canada
 
in the space between
a winter’s shadows
hairy bittercress

winter’s bite
the stonechat’s tangle
of bramble bushes
        Thomas Powell, Wales, UK
 
                                                                           swarm of Mayflies
                                                                           the Vietnam Vet
                                                                           turns 70
                                                                                   Anthony J. Pupello, USA
 
                                                old hut . . .
                                                in a nest of broken pot
                                                fledglings of sparrow
                                                        Milan Rajkumar, India
 
the squirrel’s mouth
stuffed with magnolia bud
spring bursting out

creekful of rain
the egret and I both
spellbound

fireworks
the stars still
the stars
        Dian Duchin Reed, USA
 
                                                                           plum blosssoms
                                                                           repeats of my childhood
                                                                           in dreams

                                                                           passing boat
                                                                           how a moment slips
                                                                           in memory
                                                                                 Meera Rehm, UK
 
luminescent sea
all the little things
we think we’ll remember
       Samantha Renda, South Africa
 
                                                                          a butcherbird
                                                                          pretending not to be
                                                                          a butcherbird
                                                                                 Carol Reynolds, Australia
 
                                               moonlit night
                                               in the mango breeze
                                               the smell of future

                                               spring snow
                                               a child searches
                                               for Santa’s gifts
                                                      Srinivas S, India
 
dying river –
the dog finds a new way
to graveyard

ఎండుతున్న నది--
స్మశానానికి క్రొత్త దారి
కుక్క కనుగొంది 
 
an old snail
at the speed of ferris wheel
on the ferris wheel

ఓ ముసలి నత్త 
రంగుల రాట్నపు  వేగంతో 
రంగుల రాట్నం  పై 
 
fertility center
a bee in the garden
flutters wings

ప్రసూతి కేంద్రం 
తోటలో ఓ తుమ్మెద  రెక్కలు
ఆడిస్తుంది   
         Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, India
 
                                                                           ripe peaches
                                                                           how sweetly she calls out
                                                                           to her brother
                                                                                  Minal Sarosh, India
 
setting sun
fishermen wade back
trailed by their children
         Agnes Eva Savich, USA
 
                                                                           two days
                                                                           to see Paris
                                                                           a pair of cabbage whites

                                                                           holding hands
                                                                           down a pea gravel lane . . .
                                                                           little yellows
                                                                                   Julie Schwerin, USA
 
fireflies . . .
eighteen years
of her silence

जुनकीरी . . .
अठार वर्ष देखीको
उनको मौनता

floating
in the swimming pool
summer moon

तैरिदैछ
स्विमिङ्गपुलमा
असारे जून

ripe mango . . .
I pray another day
of sweetness

पाकेको आँप . . .
म प्रार्थना गर्छु अर्को
मधुर दिन 
         Manoj Sharma, Nepal
 
                                                Spring stars dimmed –
                                                Ukraine at war comes
                                                Into my mind

                                   春の星うるむや胸にウクライナ

                                                The sound of footsteps
                                                 fade away at a slope
                                                 spring hazy night

                                     靴音の消ゆる坂道朧かな
                                                         Kyoko Shimizu, Japan
 
                                                                          on a goat path
                                                                          a boy with a baby goat
                                                                          faded photo

                                                                          по козя пътека
                                                                          момче с малко козленце
                                                                          избледняла снимка
                                                                                  Tsanka Shishkova, Bulgaria
 
dawn birdsong . . .
a leafless branch
springs to life

भोर पंछी गान ..
एक पत्ती-रहित शाखा
जीवन से प्रवाहित

spring breeze
the old dog rolls
on his back

बसंती हवा
वृद्ध कुत्ता लुढ़कता है
अपनी पीठ पर
         Neena Singh, India
 
                                                                           first barbecue
                                                                           a local stray
                                                                           shows us kittens

                                                                           prvi roštilij
                                                                           ulična mačka
                                                                           pokazuje mačiće
                                                                                  Tomislav Sjekloća, Montenegro
 
first kiss –
the forest fills
with fireflies

the magnolia
she planted as a child
last breath
         Stephenie Story, USA
 
                                                                           this path wider
                                                                           at the beginning . . .
                                                                           moonglade
                                                                                   Debbie Strange, Canada
 
                                                monkeys swing tree to tree –
                                                scattered petals
                                                on the river
                                                        Kyle Sullivan, Taiwan
 
Easter egg hunt –
the child picks up
a banana slug

sparrow song
spring suddenly
surrounds us
        Angela Terry, USA
 
                                                                           swirling clouds –
                                                                           mist in a granite cleft
                                                                           furls into the sea

                                                                           where a brook
                                                                           disappears under asphalt
                                                                           fiddlehead ferns
                                                                                    Richard Tice, USA
 
cold rain –
in the swallow’s nest
choir in four voices

ploaie rece –
în cuibul rândunicii
cor pe patru voci

no titmouse –
the first drops of rain fall
on the cracked ground

nici un piţigoi –
primii stropi de ploaie cad
pe solul crăpat
           Maria Tirenescu, Romania
 
                                                                            their own nest
                                                                            between rooftops
                                                                            cherry blossom
                                                                                    Xenia Tran, Scotland, UK
 
misty morning –
the awkward grace
of dancing cranes

first firefly
a child lets
himself go
         Kevin Valentine, USA
 
                                                                          oriole song –
                                                                          I will catch a foul ball
                                                                          for my old neighbor
                                          
                                                                          пісня іволги – 
                                                                          для старого сусіда 
                                                                          спіймаю фаул-бол 
                                                                                    Anna Viazmitinova, Ukraine
 
                                               paper doll
                                               sixty years later
                                               the same smile
                                                      Mary Vlooswyk, Canada
 
daybreak . . .
the cornflowers and the stars
change their places

revărsat de zori . . .
schimbându-şi locul
albăstrele cu stele

when magic is born . . .
a blue dragonfly comes
into your hair

când se naşte magia . . .
o libelulă albastră
ţi se prinde-n păr
          Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania
 
                                                                           sultry morning
                                                                           the first ripe tomato
                                                                           pecked by a bird
                                                                                    Marilyn Appl Walker, USA
 
Secluded leaf
In the rhythm of the wind
Keeps me still
         Anthony Ward, UK
 
                                                                            not caring
                                                                            that the tree is dead
                                                                            resting ravens
                                                                                    David Watts, USA
 
cherry blossom rain –
my child boosts herself
to the lowest branch

memorial service –
the rain lets up
on the stained-glass windows
         Michael Dylan Welch, USA
 
                                                                           driving through these hills
                                                                           the sun rises the sun sets
                                                                           again and again again
                                                                                   Kelley J. White, USA
 
swans
sailing into the mist . . .
mum and dad

night clouds
the truths
that follow us home
         Tony Williams, Scotland, UK
 
                                                                           summer breeze
                                                                           a butterfly quivers
                                                                           on her fingertip

                                                                           purple clouds
                                                                           bursting with thunder
                                                                           lilacs in the rain
                                                                                    Robert Witmer, Japan
 
                                                spring drizzle
                                                becoming fluent in the language
                                                of birds
                                                         Valorie Woerdehoff, USA
 
dusk moon
a snowy egret bows
before night

one more soldier
a rose in fresh bloom
falls into shadow
         Jann Wright, USA

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