The Cherita (Issue 4:4 September 2020)

*this night

tattooed deeper
dew soaked grass

was it your breath             

I choose not to
release?

 

Paresh Tiwari : Hyderabad, India
a cherita trouve from Christine L. Villa

 

a few stars nibble dawn

I savor the words
tumbling on your pillow
while you fall asleep

I dare not to
open my eyes

Paresh Tiwari, Christine L. Villa, Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India, North Highlands, CA, USA, Hyderabad, India

*

moon shards

when will I ever
get it right?

no lullabies, fairytales,
or words to clone 
perfection

Paresh Tiwari, Christine L. Villa, Paresh Tiwari

Hyderabad, India, North Highlands, CA, USA, Hyderabad, India

 

peeling the scent of regrets

I strip my bed
and dump the sheets
into the washer

if I enter a puddle
will it be easy to forget?

Paresh Tiwari, Christine L. Villa, Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India, North Highlands, CA, USA, Hyderabad, India

 

hedgerow a journal of small issue (Issue 132)

first rain                                          

my pulse etching

a sunbeam

 

did it start                                      

with a smile?

 

this opposite end of silence   

 

*Found poetry culled from pages 33 and 67 of Raindrops Chasing Raindrops by Paresh Tiwari

Christine L. Villa

geese flying
across the full moon
this moment
when dreaming of you
takes me home  

 

Christine L. Villa

Sonic Boom Journal Issue 18

The new issue of Sonic Boom Journal is out! I can't wait to share my cherita remixed and alcohol ink art. Thank you so much, Shloka Shankar, for including my work and for using magic wand to make my artwork more beautiful. 

You can dowload the pdf of the full issue here.