seal in the water 

always seems to come and go...

plows forward today 

Pat Geyer, US

as the cradle rocks

heavenly music flows…

Hema Ravi, India 

in the silence between

ebb and flow

a poem is born

Hema Ravi, India

crescent moon

ploughing through storm clouds

my stream of thoughts

James Young, UK

starboard

a marlin’s story etched

on the old man’s boat

Margaret Tau, US

a stone seashell -

from the darkness within

floating shadows

Zvonko Jurčević, Croatia 

the autumn river

meets the sea coming

and going all day long

David McMurray, Japan

complete silence

doesn't stop time -

everything flows

Wiesław Karliński, Poland

forced migration

the rough edges

of a new moon

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

dinghy on shore

the mother cradles

her hungry child

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

after the storm…

the empty fishing boat 

drifting aimlessly

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

the river Styx -

Charon and his boat

never idle

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

the river current

on an outside curve

runs faster…

paddling upstream

I steer the slow path

Marilyn Humbert, Australia

hammock in the palms—

afloat on the horizon

the moon like a boat

Monica Kakkar, India and US

two decades apart… 

will an upcoming bowstring

mirror Half Moon Bay?

Monica Kakkar, India and US

from a shikārā

crow crowing in a moon night—

the din on the Dal

Monica Kakkar, India and US

the gentle

squeaking sound

still it retains

muse of the breeze

the childhood memories

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India 

never returning 

the early boomerang 

not aerodynamic 

Tracy Davidson, UK

sinking boat 

another seal 

caught in the oil slick 

Tracy Davidson, UK

the next shore

evergreen wafting

over the bow

Lorraine A. Padden, USA

flowing water...

I gaze in wonder

at the autumn moon 

Neena Singh, India

sepia light

the empty boat fills 

with your fragrance:

Neena Singh, India

one by one

we come and depart

crossing over

this dewdrop world

empty-handed

Neena Singh, India