fishing boat 

a humpback whale’s song 

almost drowns

Neena Singh, India

my beloved dog

peeps through the keyhole

of immortality

Neena Singh, India

weathering storms

the korean stone

stays strong…

the drop in your eye reflects 

the pain in your heart

Neena Singh, India

full of feeling 

difficult to classify

the artist's soul 

Ernesto Santiago, The Philippines 

Kim family’s wealth— 

a strange stone, that was hand-plucked 

from a pristine stream
          

David McMurray (Japan) 

an icy stone bridge 

its underbelly thawing…

water drops on fish
          

David McMurray, Japan

as the crust cools 

rain falls and rivers run 

through the eons 

water in constant motion 

shapes this strange stone

Marilyn Humbert, Australia

still sitting there

poker-faced…

I spy you, God! 

Hema Ravi, India

building blocks of

human existence

water and energy flow

through all openings

alligator-face or happy-face…

Hema Ravi, Chennai, India

a clue to the past 

left behind 

a window for us 

to see through time

Anton Pruchniewicz, UK

Kalbaishakhi—

the hole in the rock

swallows sky

Nalini Shetty, India

moonrise

the rock’s silence

turns silver

Nalini Shetty, India

childhood dream—

I put my hand

through the missing piece

Nalini Shetty, India

crocodile spins and strikes,

young hippo cries alone,

one life renewed,

another, gone.

Stu Innes, Canada

another skull 

unearthed 

at the bottom 

of our new garden…

the sellers seemed so nice 

Tracy Davidson, UK 

men bore through rock 

for a new tunnel…

the mountain god's 

guard dog 

begins to growl 

Tracy Davidson, UK 

the one once 

breathing with joy…

museum hall
          

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

war zone 

the enmity finds 

its weird way
         

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India 

the remnant…

I wonder there could be 

a white hole
          

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

tired pilgrim

on a roadside stone

shadow of a well

Wiesław Karliński, Poland

wayside deity…

softly in the symphony

spring awakening

Monica Kakkar, India & USA

layers of silence…

timeless on terra firma

dew dripping from trees, 

Monica Kakkar, India & USA