bitter snowstorms

raging all over the Earth

the Ice Age comeback

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

mom’s silvery-white hair

and her slightly hunched back

never again

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia 

swollen river

the growing pinkish streaks

on her pregnant belly

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, the Philippines

melts under the feet

grey sadness of sand on shore:

blue waves in stone

R. K. Singh, India

chaos in sky

dark with colour and light

rising waves on stone

R. K. Singh, India

take me to where i hardly knew

and only felt

guided by a dream hand and not even that

a fickle in the imagination

a scratch beneath the surface i know you’re there

guiding me home guiding me to ruin

a fate within us all 

Lee Smith, Canada

golden monkey…

rice through your fur, you bathe

in the Yangtze

Pat Geyer, USA 

place of pure beauty

this river of blue

ever rippling

open to all

natural dreams

Pat Geyer, USA 

dipper

emerging from the stream

with a morsel

James Young, USA 

ripples on the surface

all the hearts

that beat beneath

Tracy Davidson, UK 

in full flow

i can almost see

the salmon leap

Tracy Davidson, UK

beaten by water    

hardened by earth

i remain

a stone

Padmaja Lyengar, India 

our aging love

bleeds with stays with me

the moon

and the long river

Stef De Koker, South Africa 

another full moon

everyone around is silent

stones and people

Wieslaw Karlinski, Poland 

return after years

a little less shade

of stone gate

Wieslaw Karlinski, Poland 

still lake

I throw a stone  

a cloud whirls  

Minal Sarosh, India 

five stones

I toss and catch

your smile....again

Minal Sarosh , India

spindrift…

how softly each wave touches

its neighbor

Marion Clarke, USA

sand dune

secrets whispered

in grasses

wave after wave

of passion

Marion Clarke, USA

solitary stone

the striations deepen

my solitude

Neena Singh, India  

fledgling moon

deeper into the river

we both go

Alan Summers, USA  

winter dawn

all the clouds

held by the mountain

Thames Ditton, UK 

kiss after kiss

resistance worn away

we shall not make

A perfect egg

in one day

Thames Ditton, UK

as life, all things

come to a stony halt

Hema Ravi, India

churning past waters

murky and fresh

now grounded

in bliss

Hema Ravi, India   

growing gray

what more can I say

when the world

has already judged me

growing old

Laskshmi lyer, India 

for one last time

the passing clouds

waves of white

Lakshmi lyer, India 

washing my sins

the river 

stays with me

Vandana Parashar, India 

cursive writing

my story between

the lines

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India 

stone bath

the softness

of wellbeing

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India  

open syllables

the rhythmic muse

of a long journey

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

a stone headrest

chiseled in the hot rock

light vibrations

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy 

finally…

from that hill

rolled down the valley

Nani Michael, Australia 

record heat

no one

is dancing

Helen Buckingham, UK

the sound

of wind chimes

wind chooses

Ram Chandran Sundara, India

a falling leaf

a soaring butterfly

the wind blows gently

Ram Chandran Sundara, India  

river breezes

the movements of reeds

and herons

Ramachandran Sundara, India

grief overflow…

she holds closely

her loneliness

Neena Singh, India