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Nalini<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a lone flower
stands tall
much like my mother<\/p>\n\n\n\n
all through her life
a determined bloom !<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Shikha Sawhney Lamba, Hong Kong <\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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awake alone to the year\u2019s first morning sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in the mirror THE DIGITAL AGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No one makes at nothing we don\u2019t make nothing. It is the time <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Shikha S. Lamba<\/strong> is a jewelry designer and poet living in Hong Kong. Her poems and photography have previously been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart prize.\n<\/p>\n\n \n Chen-ou Liu <\/strong> is the author of five books, including “Following the Moon to the Maple Land” (First Prize, 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) and “A Life in Transition and Translation” (Honorable Mention, 2014 Turtle Light Press Biennial Haiku Chapbook Competition). His tanka and haiku have been honored with many awards.\n <\/p>\n\n \n Mark Jackley’s <\/strong> poems have appeared in Frogpond, NOON, Password, and elsewhere. \n Read more of his poetry at \n \n www.markjackley.com\n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
this familiar stranger \u2026
a burst of birdsong<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Chen-ou Liu, Canada<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
time to stare<\/p>\n\n\n\n
these days<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that un-makes us all<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Mark Jackley, US <\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n