skittering
the lawn with fairy feet
wrens
Kirsten Johnston
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weekday morning—
the usual dogs barking
at their loneliness
John Low
neighbours
rumbling in the dark
bin night
Jahan Tyson
strutting around
the mall entrance
pigeons and teens
Maurice Nevile
drizzling rain on the hospital steps the girl with the teardrop tattoo
Mark Miller
the labyrinth
at the children’s hospital—
life’s twists and turns
Sheila Sondik
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Ukrainian news
my dead father orders me
to pay attention
Myron Lysenko
once a hunter
my father rescues
drowning bees
Jahan Tyson
sitting on a bench
the silence
of passing time
Franҫoise Maurice
Zoom starts recording . . .
the presenter’s cat
presents
Michael J. Leach
lazy Sunday
Sasha on the sofa
grooms one paw
Lynette Arden
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chameleon rose
Mother’s hair sparkles
in half light
Rose van Son
her fingers wrapped
around mine
our mother’s hands
Julia Wakefield
nursing home
we hold hands
for the first time
Julia Wakefield
mother’s passing
the crumbling mortar
of our family home
Maureen Sexton
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spiral globe
with a faint green glow
can’t you sleep either
Alex McKeown
blood moon
last time we watched it rise
together
Lyn Reeves
a friend’s shoulder
where your tears rest
meteor shower
Bett Angel-Stawarz
moon fog
the call of the duck
on the wild river
Ross Coward
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