- as words fly

aum . . .
haloing the Himālayās
morning mist

_{Monica Kakkar, India and USA}

far from the sea
the river’s melody
meandering

_{Mark Gilbert, UK}

reed-cutting season
a violin case
under the bench

_{Jacek Margolak, Poland}

the white tips
of a black swan’s wings
cloud reflections

_{Louise Hopewell, Australia}

bare brambles the dunnock’s lone note

_{Tim Dwyer, Northern Ireland/USA}

nighttime wind—
a lamppost spotlights
ginkgo gold

_{Patricia Carragon, USA}

crackling frost
fields turning blue
in moonlight

_{Tony Williams, Scotland, UK}

late September—
sudden chill
of the moonshaft

_{Vishal Prabhu, India}