elevator mirror
adjusting my smile
before my back<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014Nalini Shetty, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n mud flats \u2014Adele Evershed, USA<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n wikipedia morning \u2014Neha Singh Soni, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n afterlife \u2014Biswajit Mishra, Canada<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n monsoon rain \u2014Katherine E Winnick, United Kingdom<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n rain shadows \u2014Adele Evershed, USA<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n About<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nalini Shetty<\/strong> is a poet from Mumbai, India. She writes haiku, senryu, tanka, and haibun, focusing on clarity and resonance in everyday moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adele Evershed<\/strong> is a Welsh writer who swapped the Valleys for the American East Coast. A Pushcart Prize\u2013nominated poet and Touchstone Award winner for an individual poem her work has appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron\u2019s Nest, among other places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neha Singh Soni <\/strong>is a Chartered Accountant from India with a deep love for poetry, especially haiku. She primarily focuses on love poems and nature-inspired verses. Her work has been published in renowned online magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biswajit Mishra<\/strong> is a bilingual poet writing mostly in English and occasionally in Odia. His poems have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India and having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit and his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n Katherine E Winnick<\/strong> is an award winning Japanese short form poet and editor published in 18 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2190 Previous<\/a>\u2003|\u2003Back to Issue<\/a>\u2003|\u2003Next \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" elevator mirroradjusting my smilebefore my back \u2014Nalini Shetty, India mud flatsthe uncharted geographyof her mastectomy \u2014Adele Evershed, USA wikipedia morningI imagine the cryof an extinct bird \u2014Neha Singh Soni, India afterlifethe bluesin a conch \u2014Biswajit Mishra, Canada monsoon raintwo wedding ringsin the gutter \u2014Katherine E Winnick, United Kingdom rain shadowslistening for the patterof shrapnel \u2014Adele […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue-02","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n
the uncharted geography
of her mastectomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I imagine the cry
of an extinct bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the blues
in a conch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
two wedding rings
in the gutter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
listening for the patter
of shrapnel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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