Afternoon of December 24, 2025

 


wonder

how I've been missed

throughout all my years

a thunderbolt

strikes two people


~Tejendra Sherchan




stairs to heaven

I often think of raising

the great wall


~Tejendra Sherchan




Everything


Everyone,

Everything,

Even Death

has a title.

~Partha Sarkar




old photo album

the smiles that got lost

over time


~
Mona Bedi




what if this is the end starless night


~
Mona Bedi




road ends holding no promise


~Aishwarya Vedula




grass grows past human reasons


~Aishwarya Vedula




Vocabulary


I don’t know the names of trees.

I don’t know the names of flowers.

 

I am an indoor poet!

 

I count my books,

every page without a name.

~Noah Berlatsky




What Is Special?


You wanted to be special

Win all the awards

Have people praise you

To kowtow, grovel, defer

What is special anyway

Whose definition counts

What makes someone

better or more important


When everyone is dust

what is special about that

~Susan Pollet




Run Off


The paint would not soak in

as if by running off it remained

impermanent unfixed unmoored

as it washed away, seeking freedom

from constraints and others’ rules

Judgments held no sway because

it was more about them than what

they were looking at, always is,

and no amount of paint can cover

that up or fix what is unspoken


~Susan Pollet




against all odds

I remain myself

~Alper Ghuchlu




winter solstice -

still a bit of light

driving west


~Maria Cristina Pulvirenti



burning log -

deep winter

outside


~Maria Cristina Pulvirenti




through the closed window

the world walks by

all fa la la la la …

~Jennifer Gurney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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