tear drops

of sorrow…

of joy

Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky,  South Carolina, USA

the good

and the bad…

drops from man’s heart

Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky,  South Carolina, USA

day moon 

I leave a fingerprint 

on the windowpane

Tony Williams, UK 

a thunderstorm tonight 

nets billowed out 

in the breeze

Tony Williams, UK

moonlit night

the cosmic gyre

of the sea 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

evening meditation

the galactic rotation 

of my blues

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan  

open sky

blue stardust

spiraling—

in my dream

another universe 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

late dementia 

a hem of bruised stars 

mottles her skin

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

knocking star the eye within seven celestial spheres

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates

fleeting time—

taking turns faster now

life’s dark and bright stripes

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

river memory— 

on the cobble stone 

each line, a lifetime

Neena Singh, India

held to the light 

the patterned blue 

shifts and settles 

how did the river learn 

to write without words

Neena Singh, India

timeline…

long beyond the Stone Age

the flow of water

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

meditative posture—

I listen to the rings

of silence

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

the contours defy

her resilience—

stretch marks

Hema Ravi, India

symmetrical lines

history repeats in a

new stone age

Hema Ravi, India

growth indefinite—

only the tip 

is visible

Hema Ravi, India

a tear-shaped river pebble 

worn smooth to the touch

in time, I too

will carry my pain

with wisdom and grace

Corine Timmer, Portugal/Netherlands

blue moon

my baby’s heartbeat 

aligns with mine

Corine Timmer, Portugal/Netherlands

layering up 

all those stripey sweaters 

Mother knitted me 

Tracy Davidson, UK 

into the blue 

a river ripples 

around an old man's beard 

Tracy Davidson, UK 

a river cobble

eroded to reveal

a life of symmetry 

indigo dreams

take hold

Katherine E Winnick, UK

patterns of tangible heritage

set in stone

Stephanie Cupido, South Africa

living, loving

under a blue and white heaven

Stephanie Cupido, South Africa

water moves 

between the lines

forever

Stephanie Cupido, South Africa

whorl of an alien snail

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

orbital path to the enlightenment

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

stars and stripes…

cascading the calm 

summer sky 

Monica Kakkar, India and USA 

myriad medleys

milling in the mist…

mystique of monsoon

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

burn marks 

on mom's striped apron—

spring cleaning 

Neha Singh Soni, India 

river cobbles

the sound of centuries 

splashing by

Bhawana Rathore, India 

cumulus clouds

over the stone bridge

a cuckoo's song…

unfazed with the world

sometimes, it's just my mind 

Bhawana Rathore, India