&

half light
fat flakes of snow
melting into the birch

Mark A. Osterhaus, Wisconsin

summer’s end
instead of love songs crickets
from ruby’s roadhouse

Wanda D. Cook, Massachusetts

beach yoga
somewhere
the riot police

Terry Ann Carter, Ontario

night train . . .
I meet myself
in the window

Martina Taeker, Australia

life stories . . .
the girls shucking corn
leaf by leaf

Ferris Gilli, Georgia

alone
on top of the ferris wheel
the moon

Cor van den Heuvel, New York

the slant of sun
half of her
on half of him

Thiaga Rajan, India