&

moonflower
this daughter
I'll never have

Lori A Minor

      a maple spinner
   traveling back
in time

Christopher Patchel

before
they were my daughters . . .
wildflowers

Meredith Ackroyd

still waiting
to outgrow my freckles
silver oaks

Annette Makino

his and her
    bookmarks
leapfrogging
         through Bly

Julie Schwerin

take-out for one
the nasty scar
no one sees

Ignatius Fay

not just a trail
a trail altogether wild
with blackberries!

Robert Epstein

contact tracing a lifeline amid the stars

Kelly Sauvage

first date
neither of them taking
the last fry

Linda Aherns

all-night diner
eggs over
eavesdropping

Diane Tomczak

in July
no place to hide —
her old tattoo

Maureen Lanagan Haggerty

zucchini summer
he wakes up
taller than his dad

Mimi Ahern

outdoor shower
a shiver in
the cricket's song

Terri L. French