A Hundred Gourds

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gardenia blossoms
at the border
a repressed memory

Terri L. French – U.S.A.

on the wall in the window constable’s clouds

Sandra Simpson - New Zealand

cloud shapes
the therapist tells me
I’m normal

Melissa Allen - U.S.A.

cloud peaks
tonguing an ice cream
above the cone

Ramesh Anand - India

ice cream season
I must have been
a dog once

Kala Ramesh - India

no yen to retire
the old man
in the ice cream caboose

Bill Cooper - U.S.A.

lazy day –
reflected clouds resting
on the lake

Mark Smith - U.S.A.

in a quiet pool
our reflections meet
exchange a glance

Francis Masat - U.S.A.

at the Aquarium
the boy tells me their names:
manta, dolphin, Nemo

Peggy Heinrich - U.S.A.

summer haze
stirring the grass
a snake's parting hiss

Rosie Roumeliotis - Greece

rising heat
the incessant hum
of my neighbour's mower

Tracy Davidson - U.K.

under the lawn
a cricket
louder than my tinnitus

Peter Macrow - Australia

the generator's hum
an ancient mango tree
soaking up the sun

Anne Carly Abad - Philippines

summer ganga –
the yogi cups the sun
in his palm

Narayanan Raghunathan - India

summer afternoon
dust on the dictionary
of ancient culture

Ernest Wit - Poland