Sufi meditation— 

prostrating on the ground 

my shadow 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

stone carving—  

reshaping the stone

reshaping me 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

sharing earth’s grief the boulder

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

afternoon breeze…

does this baby still dream 

of the womb

Marion Clarke, Northern Ireland 

life drawing class 

unable to master limbs 

I go with the flow

Marion Clarke, Northern Ireland 

unable to resist 

stroking you…

 Moore sculpture

Marion Clarke, Northern Ireland

how time and water

sculpt the mightiest mountains

my grandmother's hands

Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Cambridge, UK

liquid memory

dad drives us through the Rockies

the stone in my palm

Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Cambridge, UK

a stone ghost tracing the arroyo's flow

Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Cambridge, UK

carefully moving out of downward dog

Margaret Tau, USA

how he asks

for forgiveness 

wayward husband 

Margaret Tau, USA

a river stone

strangely beautiful 

breathes

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines  

cradled in his hands

as if asleep

a beguiling stone

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines

unburdening 

my heart 

to the Buddha 

pure white rain 

falling on the mountain

Pamela A. Babusci, USA

you altered my body 

to fit into yours— 

how gracefully 

the paper-whites bend 

towards the moon

Pamela A. Babusci, USA

fluttering bubbles

jabs and kicks  

strength

in the

amniotic fluid

Hema Ravi, India

tossed and turned

through the turbulence

unfazed

nerves of stone—

the water poem 

Hema Ravi, India

all the time

without beginning 

and without end
          

Wieslaw Karlinksi, Poland 

a nice surprise 

in the hard black power 

so much peace    

Wiesław Karliński, Poland

clasped by the river 

silence has learnt 

the shape of water

Neena Singh, India 

head-over-heels— 

the river blushes 

around this stone

Neena Singh, India 

late spring 

the magic of your touch

opens a crocus bud...

I bend toward you 

as if pulled by moonlight

Neena Singh, India

without words

mellow with murmuration

autumn evening 

Monica Kakkar, India & USA

smoldering charcoal…

between the bunds

a river runs dry

Monica Kakkar, India & USA

writer’s block…

cool light of a stone lantern

chisels a chasm

Monica Kakkar, India & USA 

ready for the race

competitors side by side

feeling their hearts pump

Tracy Davidson, UK

pumping iron

the gym full

of would-be gods

Tracy Davidson, UK

from the beach bar

admiring the curves

of taut muscles…

bottoms up!

Tracy Davidson, UK

a river’s soul

in the river rock

Pamela Garry, USA

river stone

the shape of prayer

Pamela Garry, USA