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dreams she conceals winter chrysanthemum
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- Pravat Kumar Padhy, India





cherry blossoms one by one she lets go the many times she curls into her own shadow

- Lakshmi Iyer, India 





womanbornunbornrebornwoman

- Alvin B. Cruz, Philippines





first time in bed church bells lingering 

- Victor Ortiz, USA





holding your hand the double dog dareness of it all

- Anette Chaney, USA





two slices of bread with birdsong between 

- Hemapriya Chellappan, India





scissoring dusk moths locate this body

- Cherie Hunter Day, USA





rising tide is it possible to love them both

- M. R. Defibaugh, USA





a cesspool of sin the soul within me

- Raghav Prashant Sundar, India 





too hot by gaslight I turn to a parliament of birds

- Alan Summers, UK


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words into flowers