will my

deepest dreams

ever come true?

falling asleep

covered in plum petals

Pamela A. Babusci, USA 

tossing pieces

of reveries into the

fast-moving river

my adoring words

couldn't keep him

Pamela A. Babusci, USA

childhood a blur 

the summer they told me

I am blind 

Tony Williams, UK        

coming out of the sun 

noise first— 

winter crow

Tony Williams, UK

without a crampon

searching for a foothold

in every crevice…

I cling to the edge

of a fledgling dream

Joanna Ashwell, UK

enchanted forest

left in the resin

of a golden beam

Joanna Ashwell, UK

my pocket stone

holding my mantra

all is within 

Joanna Ashwell, UK

four-toed

black dragon

travels west

David McMurray, Japan

winter dream

freed from a cave

bear claws

David McMurray, Japan

circle of life

carved in stone—

spring message

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy

a frog gurgles

In a different language 

atop the rock

on the river bend

a lotus petal

Katherine E Winnick, UK

late-night train

through bare trees

in the jungle—

how barren life feels 

after departure

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

across the foggy lake

the blurred tips

of the city line—

how gloomy life looks

from a distance

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

on a dark night

of wandering thoughts 

a stone tree, still

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines  

knowing pure

what I am looking for 

a dream stone 

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines  

another dream stone— 

I open my third eye, 

sitting cross-legged 

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines 

embrace warm and welcome

without holding back

meaningful conversations

offer clarity—

mother's outstretched arms

Hema Ravi, India

entrenched in stony dreams—

soul aspires to ascend

when life's breath halts 

Hema Ravi, India

pot at the end 

of rainbow—

dream stone

Hema Ravi, India

endless mist 

on onyx peaks 

—family secrets 

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

black moon— 

leaving treasures 

undeterred

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

Orion backsteps 

on starry stones 

last breath of winter 

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates

life in making a potter’s hands           

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

artful life

the softness of stone

on tender touch

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

call of the wind

on the cliff edge, a gannet

with a broken wing

Corine Timmer, Portugal

violent winds

the cries of mountain spirits 

echo through the valley 

Corine Timmer, Portugal

the ugly duckling…

years of humiliation

and undying hope

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

a mystic creature

roams my midsummer dreams…

too much reading

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

cities

in the grip of

mafia

Tejendra Sherchan, Kathmandu, Nepal 

living

in the granite towers

narcissists

Tejendra Sherchan, Kathmandu, Nepal 

remains

of the burnt cities—

war in Liliput

Tejendra Sherchan, Kathmandu, Nepal 

dreamcatcher

the morning light

through its web—

what the dark

could not keep

Neena Singh, India

dream stone—

its ​arms raised

​to the sky

Neena Singh, India

Nanham river stone

​     a mountain

 ​     still within 

Neena Singh, India

forever

reaching the stars

all who ever lived

and all yet to come

Tracy Davidson, UK

a new dawn

as the morning fog lifts

the mountain god

unwraps

his sun-tipped horns

Tracy Davidson, UK