1

a lone streetlight
even the wind
passes without a name

Shinta Koganezawa

2

two hawks glide
in a blue sky
there is nothing else

Jim Wilkerson

3

east to west
cries and howls
to the same moon

Jim Wilkerson

4

dogs in a sprint
to the swaying oak
squirrel stares down

5

fallen petals
drift on the water,
not asking why

6

moonlit rooftops
where my shadow
walks without me

Shinta Koganezawa

7

mark me with ash
I remember
my mortality

Shania Yumol

8

a crow
lands on my forehead
leaving a shadow

Shania Yumol

9

last day of winter
a Frisbee lands
on our picnic

Randy Brooks

10

thrift store
a stranger’s memories
for only a dollar

Eden Niebrugge

11

live stream
a stranger talks to me
from across the world

Eden Niebrugge

12

highest point
the bird stops
for a rest

Helana Swenson

13

moth wings
flutter quietly
cotton

14

calm night
crickets bring
the music

15

thousands of steps
lead the way
the big city

Helana Swenson

16

“world’s deepest fish”
final moments
bathing in sunlight

Eden Niebrugge

17

card
declined
it’s money there

Semmieon Brandon

18

          step after step
     the winds blow
I turn around

Semmieon Brandon

19

a different
way of learning
outside instruction

Semmieon Brandon

20

dip in cool water
my skin
breathes at last

Sav Stringer

21

fallen branch 
taken into a room—
a spider dangles

Shania Yumol

22

sunlight fractals
through the peephole
my soft gasp

Sav Stringer

23

say geronimo;
the rush of the
waterfall . . . woosh

Shania Yumol