|
an owl’s screech
claims the chilly night
wind in the reeds
~Bernard Gieske, US |
the pumpkin—
queen in the garden
corner
~Diana Teneva, BG |
autumn's close
the crunch underfoot
of discarded condom wrappers
~Tracy Davidson, UK |
morning air
crisp and thin
sliced apple
~Neal Whitman, US |
first storm
pair of crows curve
their wings
~Pravat Kumar Padhy, India |
autumn evening
a frog chorus
breaks open the night
~Bernard Gieske, US
|
autumn wind—
I have a sudden urge
to buy school supplies
~Jacquie Pearce, CA |
washing day
folding golden sunshine
into my sheets
~Máire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland |
tree after tree
image of devout surrender
falling leaves
~Vishnu P. Kapoor, India |
call of geese
over my parents' house
—the past, out
of reach
~Jacquie Pearce, CA |
woodpecker at work
carpenter makes crib
for baby in wife's womb
Hema Ravi, India |
autumn wind in the reeds
clapping waves
on the shore
~Bernard Gieske, US |
first autumn storm
pounding the house
I ponder Yeats
~Neal Whitman, US |
Muddy corn field,
They planting paddy saplings,
Autumn is coming.
~Asim Kumar Paul, IN |
raking leaves…
omitting check marks
in the checklist
~Diana Teneva, BG |
autumn dusk
I return with floating
shadows
~Pravat Kumar Padhy, India |
crescent moon
I trace the outline
of his scar
~Tracy Davidson, UK |
chilly night
houses huddle
down in the valley
~Bernard Gieske, US |
woodpecker at work
carpenter makes crib
for baby in wife's womb
Hema Ravi, India |
rice sparrows
the field springs to
new life
~Pravat Kumar Padhy, India |
autumn wind
haunting the chimney—
soot fall
Robert Davey, UK |
autumn dusk
not knowing
how to say goodbye
~Tracy Davidson, UK |
|
chilly night
zipped up as we walk
to Vespers
~Neal Whitman, US |
remaining heat
anger on
her beautiful face
Hema Ravi, India |
|
plaintive call of the loon
through the mist
long night
~Bernard Gieske, US |
remembering dad—
this time of year his pockets
were full of hazel nuts
~Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Croatia |
long night
newly weds plant
more stars
~Pravat Kumar Padhy, India |
persimmon jelly
on sourdough toast
oh my puckered lips
~Neal Whitman, US |
|
Rain drops falling,
Sunrays peep through mackerel clouds
Rainbow in the sky.
~Asim Kumar Paul, IN |
autumn winds follow
a path to the stars
night of dreams
~Máire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland
|
monarch butterfly
gymnast glides
with ring
~Hema Ravi, India |
peeling away
layers of memories--
autumn loneliness
~Pravat Kumar Padhy, India |
|
her hands move
between teaglass and pot
leaf month
~Heike Gewi, DE |
willow leaves fall
a whisper of your voice
in this bright space
~Angie Werren, US |
children in
hunting for red leaves…
restless joy
~Diana Teneva, BG |
such tall oak—
unintentionally
I crushed an acorn
~Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Croatia |
|
autumn's voice
in the golden afternoon
—the
empty swing set
~Jacquie Pearce, CA |
after the rain
a troop of mushrooms
surround the tree
~Máire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland |
|
under the trellis—
first touch of pink
on green grapes
~Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Croatia |
fallen leaves
searching through the litter
for my ring
~Tracy Davidson, UK |
|
drifting
on a thread of cloud
full moon
~Máire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland |
scarecrow’s sleeves…
hidden crickets creak
out of them
~Diana Teneva, BG |
|
I end
that fight between my kids ...
remaining heat
~Heike Gewi, DE |
Hwaet!
disembodied ghost
or day-time moon?
~Neal Whitman, US |
catching dragonflies
the net full
of your freshly washed hair
~Tracy Davidson, UK |
They are making idols,
Always worship in autumn
Devi Durga coming home.
~Asim Kumar Paul, IN |
|
apple harvest
recalling the colour
of his eyes
~Máire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland |
rock concert
a soul jumps out of its body
remaining heat
~Heike Gewi |
OH to be brave traveler
To walk on sunshine in autumn sky,
On a white-cloud-board.
~Asim Kumar Paul, IN |
born out of night's womb
the moon casting down beams
over the reaped fields
~Diana Teneva, BG |
