- as words fly

mahalaya dawn —
an artisan paints open
devi’s third eye

_{Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, India}

Ganges ghat . . .
sunbeams sweeping
rows of reeds

_{Monica Kakkar, India and USA}

the extended hands
of an excited mother —
a baby’s first steps

_{Paul Callus, Malta}

dawn
a baby deer
bouncing across the beach

_{Pegah Rahmati Nezhad, Iran}

the giddy joy
of upside down
monkey bars

_{Louise Hopewell, Australia}

the drum solo
on terracotta roof tiles
November rain

_{Geethanjali Rajan, India}

rolling thunder
a tabla player
tuning up

_{Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan}

inglenook
dad stirs up the remnants
of dwarf red stars

_{Debbie Strange, Canada}