a hard face

revealing more in the light

Stef De Koker, South Africa

stubborn resistance 

she keeps it all in her head

Stef De Koker, South Africa

 i see her face

sorting out thoughts

in the shadows

Stef De Koker, South Africa

hard memories

displayed 

in the light

Stef De Koker, South Africa

self-examination…

it's all about good

evil

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy

another full moon

brightens the countryside

limestone rock

Wiesław Karliński, Poland

dusk

as i walk

my shadow passes me

Pamela A. Babusci, USA

the first embrace

jigs in

gay abandon

Hema Ravi, India

shifting shadows 

my childhood bogeyman's 

crooked nose reforms 

Tracy Davidson, UK 

the shaping 

and re-shaping 

of continents... 

is this what we are: 

shifting shadows 

on a Creator's wall? 

Tracy Davidson, UK 

shadows from the past

lurking in my mind's depths—

full moon night

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

our world of shadows—

grotesque figures wrestling

with each other

Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

why stand so far painting my stretched loneliness

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

another world

the caress on her forehead 

remains enlightened
           

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

sweeter than secrets…

a dollop as clouds gallop

the black cherries moon

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

silver slivers splash

silhouette of sycamore—

mallard in moonglade

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

on yodeling yew

the sky snarls a murky moon—

All Hallows' Eve's din

Monica Kakkar, India and USA

amazing shadow—

beauty on the other side

of the glowing stone

King Edward Eway, Philippines

love's other side

it scares

some people

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

the sun

the moon

the miles between us

Nitu Yumnam, India

who I was

who I’ve become 

faded photo

Nitu Yumnam, India

as if the sun

has been swallowed

by night—

without you my skies 

shrouded in shadows

Nitu Yumnam, India

last dance: 

the moonlight glows

between us

Neena Singh, India

mortal life…

the ghosts we

carry within

Neena Singh, India

autumn dusk

a shadow falls

from the sky

Neena Singh, India