Horai decoration, 

the children long to open 

the new year’s gift box
      

David McMurray, Japan

dragon heart 

released from its box— 

Mt. Horai
      

David McMurray, Japan

kiri-bako

every wish seamed

with lantern light

Joanna Ashwell, UK

holding the irregularity

of unspoken dreams   

Joanna Ashwell, UK

dragon’s mouth opens

to swallow the stars

creating a new world

Sherri J. Moye-Dombrosky, USA

pathway 

to the morning star 

man’s dreams and desires

Sherri J. Moye-Dombrosky, USA

paradise realm between us nebulous night 

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

aligning along the Milky Way myojo's catwalk 

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

cold sunrise 

the first plume 

from my neighbour’s stove

Tony Williams, Scotland, UK 

eventually 

that one cloud 

blocks the summer sun
           

Tony Williams, Scotland, UK

entwined

kissing 

a burst of life

in love

set in stone

Katherine E Winnick, UK

myojo-tsu stone

hidden crevices

within

it's ancient form

—Mount Horai

Katherine E Winnick, UK

garage sale finds—

hiding someone’s mysteries

the old storage box

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

suiseki—

the Nature's masterpiece stirs

imagination

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

hollowed stone— 

the mountain hides 

another mountain 

I think of Taoist immortals 

in their floating island home

Neena Singh, India 

weathered curves 

the stone tigress holds

her cub close
                     

Neena Singh, India

water stone—

every edge to say something

of turn and twist

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

the repository…

in the autumn evening

wrinkle scripts its verse

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

sitting alone

along the riverbank

she wonders

as if someone whispers

silence too has a voice  

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

Island of Immortals

beside a small box

Mount Horai stone        

Edward Cody Huddleston, USA

older

than myth

Mount Horai stone          

Edward Cody Huddleston, USA

human merges with 

Divine—

cosmic dance

Hema Ravi, India

looking-glass lake…

unboxing the unwavering

summer on stones

Monica Kakkar, India & USA 

stony silence…

sweeping the sea

swashes of saffron

Monica Kakkar, India & USA

feeding 

an orphan

child 

the parrot

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

to climb 

mountain of your love

not easy as Mount Horai

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

proof of mount Horai

traveling for centuries

finally out of the box 

Stef De Koker, South Africa

immortal stone

thinking outside the box

Stef De Koker, South Africa