After the Bomb
By Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA after the bombin each window shardreflected stars First published in The Bamboo Hut, February 2024
First Day
By Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA first dayat rehabchild's pose
Open Carry
By Theresa A. CancroWilmington, Delaware, USA sliver moon --in the dead of nightopen carry
In a Glass Bowl
By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA so manyso far from homewinter rain I’m an American in China working to restart…
Ramadan Moon
By Nitu YumnamKolkata, West Bengal, India Ramadan moon—a Gazan child’sempty plate
Nakba 2023
By Vidya Premkumar Wayanad, Kerala, India nihilisman ice cream truckwith children’s bodies
Nectar
By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA The African Violets are about to bloom on the sill next to her bed.…
The Long Walk
By Vidya-PremkumarWayanad, Kerala, India Vidya-Premkumar-watermelons
The Meadow
Editor's ContributionBy Richard GrahnEvanston, Illinois, USA i stand in a blossoming meadowclover, poppy, and black-eyed Susanripples of fragrance soften the…
Beyond the Threshold
By Jenny Ward AngyalGibsonville, North Carolina, USA the slow beatof an egret’s wingswhiteagainst dark oaks—earth’s annunciation vulturescradled on the windendlessly…
Limb from Limb
By Jenny Ward AngyalGibsonville, North Carolina, USA morning lightgilding the treetopsas they fallsplinters lodgein my paperbark heart the soundof limbs…
Gone
By Jenny Ward AngyalGibsonville, North Carolina, USA the screamof a red-tailed hawkover the woodwhere dozers wait—my silent cry an echo…
My Experience with Mental Illness
By Jackie ChouPico Rivera, California, USA Having a mental illness you’re no fresh-facedone-time jaileeready to be releasedback to society Nor are…
Learning
By Sigrid SaradunnBar Harbor, Maine, USA learningto choose peace at leadership campIrish teens room withIsraelis and Palestinians
A New Bird feeder
By Kathabela WilsonPasadena, California, USA a new bird feederto inspire usbluebirdscardinals, mourning dovesbreaking bread together
Sometimes
By Kathabela WilsonPasadena, California, USA sometimessometimeswe don’t knowwhat we’ve sownin the minds of infantsthe turmoil we can’t control
Planting Seeds
Kathabela Wilson - Pasadena, California, USA (kw)Jackie Chou - Pico Rivera, California, USA (jc)Sigrid Saradunn - Bar Harbor, Maine, USA (ss) a dark sideand a sunlit spacein…
The Green
By Kathabela WilsonPasadena, California, USA It was a tree, becomes a song, a table, leaf after leaf, opening. We sit…
Feather Dusting
By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA FirefliesLight beamersNever tellStory-keepers Youthful frolicMoon minorsMemory flickersOld-timers Keepsake lanternsSummer starsAlways releasedFrom these glass jars
Night Paddling
By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA I show my son how to tie up the food pack. “It keeps the…