a woman in black

over her son’s body 

wartime Pieta

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

stone Buddha

a girl with a camera

asks to smile

Milky Way

the life lines

of a stone

Nikolay Grankin, Russia

mother

and child

let them feed

Helen Buckingham, UK

self-healing

each curve of the stone

reshapes my thoughts

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

kintsugi—

the stone’s crack fill

with sunlight

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

light playing

on the surface ~

black madonna

guides me through

darkness

Pat Geyer, USA

there's warmth in a hug...

mama's arms surrounding me

as if folded stone

Pat Geyer, USA

mother and child

the protection of a look

that is immortal 

Oyoguhito, UK

her sharp nails draws

love sign on the stone’s back

green patina

R. K. Singh, India

beneath the surface

a mother cradles her child

la pietà.

Tracy Davidson, USA

mother to be

how long the wait

for a new spring

Buddha or Ganesha

silence speaks

through stones

Lakshali lyer, India

embracing her curves

all bodies are beautiful

in their own way

Tracy Davidson, USA

stone stairs on the ghat

childhood nostalgia

dog days of August

R.K. Singh, India

a monument

to the Empress Suiko

with flaxen hair

exhibited in a shrine

dedicated to a Shinto god

Michael Lester, USA

Ishikari River

And its tribiutaries

Run through

The Kamuikotan stone

The place of its birth

Michael Lester, USA

this mountain

looks insurmountable

each step 

brings to closer

to enlightenment

Pamela A. Babusci, USA

she dreams

on her mother’s lap

holding her baby

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

Time rolls on and on

Like the flow of a river

To be conscious of her journey

With the ocean ahead even after mingling

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India