last day of term
my daughter breaks
the uniform code 
 - Matt Morden, UK  2011-05-2 




steady Spring drizzle---
a couple stop
to kiss 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2011-05-2 




october wind ~
the baby drops the leaf
again 
 - Heather Madrone, USA  2011-05-1 




weaving its way
through the rush hour traffic
a white butterfly 
 - David Serjeant, UK  2011-05-1 




first buttercup
three lines of coke
on the kitchen table 
 - Paul Conneally, England  2011-05-1 




morning dense fog---
my neighbor forgets
her curtains open 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2011-04-2 




empty teacup ~
the laundry basket
overflows 
 - Heather Madrone, USA  2011-04-2 




twilight ~
pools of lupine
in the deep meadow grass 
 - Heather Madrone, USA  2011-04-1 




vernal equinox
my days and nights now measured
not in hours
but by our time together
and apart 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2011-04-1 




haiku ~
attentive to this moment
i smile 
 - Heather Madrone, USA  2011-03-2 




this cold-
Sakura cherry blossoms
on my window 
 - Alegria Imperial, Canada  2011-03-2 




sunny Spring day---
old graffiti catches
the eye 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2011-03-2 




winter returns
one stubborn maple still drips
ever.so.slowly 
 - Edward Dallas, USA  2011-03-2 




blue sky---
the wind disperses the scrips
of a stocks broker  
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-12-1 




winter chill -
shredded plastic
in a barbed wire fence 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-12-1 




my daughter says
i resemble a drunk
winter rain 
 - Matt Morden, UK  2011-03-1 




wooden Buddha
with a cracked head on display
no buyers 
 - Manu Kant, USA  2011-03-1 




dusk-
an unfinished sweater
on the rocking chair 
 - Betty Kaplan, USA  2011-03-1 




In the hospital
Watching the clouds drift by
Sharp needle in the hand 
 - Angelika Kolompar, Canada  2011-03-1 




poetry books
banished to the bathroom -
spring cleaning 
 - Alison Williams, England  2011-02-2 




is spring coming
bombs raining down
on tripoli on aljazeera 
 - Isa Kocher, Turkey  2011-02-2 




commuter traffic
no light to stop
a starling flock  
 - Matt Morden, UK  2011-02-1 




table 4 2
- a romance reduced
to numbers 
 - Gabi Greve, Japan  2011-02-1 




camellia buds -
my wife begins
to cradle her belly 
 - Jon Davey, UK  2011-02-1 




loosening
the top button of her blouse
with my eyes 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2011-02-1 




all day long
the rhythmic beat
of melting ice 
 - Adelaide Shaw, USA  2011-02-1 




snow turns to rain --
the afterglow
of the plow lights 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2011-01-2 




Saturday night---
talk of the recent snow storms
is a good ice breaker 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2011-01-2 




the damp stain on the wall
only looks like a damp stain -
Monday morning 
 - Lynne Rees, UK  2011-01-1 




1-1-11
I am still
single 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2011-01-1 




the corridor
was long and dark...
news of your death
closer
with each step 
 - Paul Smith,   2010-12-2 




the noise of a garbage truck
wakes me up---
December harvest moon 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-12-2 




new highway -
every mile or so
the corpse of a buzzard 
 - Jon Davey, UK  2010-12-2 




a break in the clouds --
my third cup of coffee
grows cold 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-11-2 




he turns one last time
flashing his sailor's wry smile
that bright November.  
 -  Catbird55, USA  2010-11-2 




we race dry leaves
down the road home
the north wind and me  
 - Matt Morden, UK  2010-11-1 




november email
remembering sycamores
outside the window 
 - Isa Kocher, Turkey  2010-11-1 




sweltering heat
the cicadas buzz louder
during her hot flash  
 - Edward Dallas, USA  2010-11-1 




a few leaves remain
at the ends of the branch
a brittle moon 
 - William Sorlien, USA  2010-10-2 




a window frames
the whole free world
in one white gull 
 - Alison Williams, England  2010-10-2 




picking autumn leaves
off the grass, her grave
nothing but fine rain 
 - Alegria Imperial, Canada  2010-10-2 




september morning -
fresh flowers
on the roadside shrine 
 - Jon Davey, UK  2010-10-1 




Summer's day
the clink of ice cubes
in my gin and tonic 
 - Angelika Kolompar, Canada  2010-10-1 




East River warm Autumn day---
a red oil tanker
zigzags 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-09-2 




Full Corn Moon
time to gather the harvest
before leaves fall 
 -  Catbird55, USA  2010-09-1 




Summer sunset---
she ties her bikini top
before she gets up 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-09-1 




Hazy skies
the cedars less dark
this Summer day 
 - Angelika Kolompar, Canada  2010-08-2 




sunflower
the day passing
slowly 
 - William Sorlien, USA  2010-08-2 




charred goat bones
they say -- without conviction 
Somali nightmares 
 -  Catbird55, USA  2010-08-1 




sudden chill --
an empty bird feeder
outside the nursing home 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-07-2 




heat wave --
the dog moves slowly
from shadow to shadow 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-07-1 




mosquito
and I
blood brothers 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2010-06-2 




Summer hot day---
the sound of some one
playing the flute 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-06-2 




June cold snap
the next-door neighbor's
house for sale 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-06-1 




dark bar---
old man younger woman
and a condom machine 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-06-1 




hot, humid day
a jazz station plays
cool tunes  
 - Paula Fisher, USA  2010-05-2 




cold April rain --
I no longer remember
your name 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-04-2 




a hazy moon
floats in my cup
white sake 
 - William Sorlien, USA  2010-04-2 




a cut glass bowl
holds the shells of our summers
this life in exile 
 - Mark Holloway, UK  2010-04-1 




veil of spring rain
the anniversary
of my divorce 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2010-04-1 




cloudless sky 
all the things 
I don't know  
 - Nora Wood, USA  2010-03-1 




solstice
sipping a stronger brew
in the waning light 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2009-12-2 




first frost
instead of silk
flannel 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2009-09-2 




the taste
of pine's bitter honey
these bitter tears 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2009-06-2 




faded postcard
the Nagasaki temple
then 
 - Nora Wood, USA  2009-06-1 




Dark spring morning
busy conversation of birds
awakens interest 
 - Angelika Kolompar, Canada  2010-03-2 




my grandfather's sword...
the impenetrable silence
of falling snow 
 - Dina E. Cox, Canada  2010-02-2 




moonless night --
an ambulance speeds by
with its lights out 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2010-02-1 




sleet ticking windows--
the chemo drip
in its last hour 
 - Billie Wilson, USA  2010-02-1 




as I pass her boyfriend's house---
a full moon
Winter's chill 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2010-01-2 




icebleak
no colour but the rail bridge
graffiti 
 - Mark Holloway, UK  2010-01-1 




dark days of winter
the dentist explains his
payment plans 
 - Edward Dallas, USA  2010-01-1 




December rain —
a phone call
from my son 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2009-12-2 




autumn chill
faint chimes
from our oldest clock 
 - Billie Wilson, USA  2009-09-2 




garage sale
customers discuss
philosophy  
 - William Sorlien, USA  2009-07-1 




between the drone
of lawnmowers
a scent of rain 
 - William Sorlien, USA  2009-06-1 




morning train---
everyone is
on the same page 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-09-2 




hot July night---
my neighbor opens
her curtains 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-07-2 




late night on the beach---
the only light on
is that of the lighthouse 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-07-1 




New York---
opposite a church a mosque
both have their doors open 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-06-1 




at dusk...
the sweetness
of the roses 
 - Carole MacRury, USA  2009-07-2 




autumn chill
the mausoleum covered
with sparrows 
 - Earl Keener, USA  2009-09-2 




first firefly ...
a quiet night and then
lightning 
 - Gabi Greve, Japan  2009-06-1 




portage trail
voyageurs walked where I walk
ancient granite 
 - Edward Dallas, USA  2009-11-1 




desert sand. . .
my sleeping bag under
a full moon 
 - Darrell Byrd, USA  2009-07-2 




blue sky---
as if last night fireworks
never happened 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-05-2 




morning fog---
more talk about more
pictures of detainees' torture 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-05-1 




Monday moon
the bent backs
of rice farmers 
 - Ella Wagemakers, the Netherlands  2009-05-1 




honeysuckle breeze
someone honks when
the light turns green 
 - Gary Warner, USA  2009-04-2 




Sunday morning blue sky---
I need more
Alka-Seltzer 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-04-1 




clear day---
I view Citibank skyscraper
but where is the aura 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-03-2 




on the pavement
love words
and many steps 
 - Moussia Fantoli, Italy  2009-03-1 




This road
no one goes down it
autumn evening 
 -  Honku mailing-list, USA  2009-02-2 




a vagabond on the bench
covered with a nude girl
on the newspaper 
 - Stjepan Rozic, Croatia  2009-02-2 




a cockroach climbs the wall---
Charles Darwin is today
two hundred  
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-02-1 




St Valentin
la cuisse du Bergerac
sur la langue  
 - Danièle Duteil, France  2009-02-1 




long arrêt du train -
les 33 cl d'Amsterdam Maximator
descendent  
 - Eric Hellal, France  2009-01-2 




haïku faisant
incision
indolore  
 - Danièle Duteil, France  2009-01-1 




dawn---
a Christmas tree
sticks out of the garbage 
 - Fred Masarani, USA  2009-01-1 




women of Gaza
eyes without tears
winter moon 
 - Paul Anthony, UKtlp 2009-01-22 


