piety, purity, probity

what is better-

chrysanthemums say it all

Hema Ravi, India 

chrysanthemum moon

i peel off another layer

of sorrow

that nobody

will notice

Pamela A. Babusci, USA

chrysanthemums

wilting in a blue vase

her final breath

Pamela A. Babusci, USA  

the vision

of a new rainbow

stone fringes

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy 

teenage migration

a rainbow scatters

across the sky

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

nebula—

the enigma of life

in one go

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

beginning of spring…

the festival of colors

mirrors in the sky

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

rangoli at dawn…

how red vermilion summer 

rustles in nine yards

 Monica Kakkar, India and USA 

kaleidoscopic…

amidst river of heaven 

dying star explodes

Monica Kakkar, India and USA 

is it possible?

a stone with a flower’s face

petals bursting bluish

Maureen Wallner, USA 

on the soldier's grave

white and red chrysanthemums...

undying love

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

è quasi sera-

si abbassano le nubi

nel fiume il Cielo

Severa Disingrini, Italy 

parting night— 

a rainbow glitters

her flowing hair 

Neena Singh, India 

till long after...

this chrysanthemum 

reminds me of you

Neena Singh, India 

thunder and lightning— 

the garden chrysanthemum 

glows brighter 

Neena Singh, India