strolling home 

a fawn frolics with 

aloft dandelions 

 Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

starscaping

over the knoll Orion 

and I equidistant 

Sheikha A., United Arab Emirates 

home now

those long, sunny days

that led me away

Tony Williams, Scotland, UK

a narrow path

through bracken

their cabin in the woods

Tony Williams, Scotland, UK

lush moss—

earth's melody

heals me

Shalini Gupta, India

 sweet song of a black thrush

 pierces through

 this cold stone...

 first ray of light

Shalini Gupta, India

I escape the city lights

and its constant din

in the cool of this hermitage

and its lush green

an oyster finds its shell 

Shalini Gupta, India

cosy retreat 

in an ancestor's cottage 

we wonder 

how my great-great-grandmother 

raised a dozen children here

Tracy Davidson, UK 

summer retreat— 

carving our shadows

the old stone 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

old hut stone—

moss grows around

our initials 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

kintsugi—

moss in the cracks

of an old stone  

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

summer retreat— 

the stone remembers  

a family’s warmth

Neena Singh, India

bonkei display— 

how many winters 

inside this stone hut

Neena Singh, India 

a stone hut 

on the grassy knoll 

once a family’s home 

now only the wind 

enters and leaves

Neena Singh, India 

sunbaked stone

finding a place

to call home

Joanna Ashwell, UK        

vacation psalm

an old hut leaning

into twilight

Joanna Ashwell, UK

a stone cottage

on a moss-clad hill

the sound of water

a stone cottage

on a moss-clad hill

the sound of water

Corine Timmer, Portugal

autumn moon

the mushroom fairy’s song 

pulls me from slumber 

I drift into the forest

and dance with moss

Corine Timmer, Portugal

a hermit’s cabin

patina diorama

frozen harmony 

S.T. Hills, the Netherlands 

harvesters’ shelter

withstanding harsh centuries 

tranquil mounded hill

S.T. Hills, the Netherlands 

а derelict hut

in the midst of nothingness 

wayfarers’ haven

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

my childhood world…

among flowering meadows

granny’s old cabin

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

family home 

now a memory—

lost in floods

Hema Ravi, India

grassy knoll—

I play catch 

and catch

Hema Ravi, India

prehistoric dinner time

pachycephalosaurus

"come and get it"

Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky, USA

a warm glow 

and laughing children

within ancient walls

Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky, USA

warmer 

than your heart

a stone hut 

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal 

my urge to live

in a rocky palace

the Ellora caves

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal 

lying in the lush

hush in the hut…

summer sun

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

Himālayan hut

picking up pace…

flash flood

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

our honeymoon hut

living loving and growing 

our family

Stef DeKoker, South Africa

the house on the hill

grandma and grandpas house

they are stil there

tending the garden

making the grass green

Stef DeKoker, South Africa