morning stars…
kicking
salt across
an icy path
Tony Williams
*
stiff with cold
the tarpaulins crackle
in their hands
Tony
Williams
*
Cassiopeia
the staggered flight
of night geese
Tony Williams
*
depth
of winter
needing both hands
to pull a leek
Tony
Williams
*
under
a leaden sky
winter reeds
the
colour of brass
Tony Williams
daybreak
cows head to the fields
jingle of
bells
Sreenath
*
i travel distant places
discovering
my
inner spaces
Sreenath
laid off ...
my drunken shadow stalking
what's
left of the night
Chen-ou Liu
*
prognosis ...
the weight of my friend's arm
around
my shoulders
Chen-ou Liu
jazz singer
a gardenia
like
Billie
Joseph P. Wechselberger
*
blues band
the flash of sequins
when
the guitarist sings
Joseph P. Wechselberger
midnight melody
our cat walks
on
the piano keys
John J. Dunphy
*
backyard
a squirrel chows down on
my
aunt’s fruitcake
John J. Dunphy
*
freeze warning
I put out extra food for
my
feral cats
John J. Dunphy
tumbleweeds
pile against the fence
howling
wind
Janet Ruth
*
in
my dream
he climbs a ladder
saying
goodbye
Janet Ruth
gusting winds
our laundry entangled
just
as our lives
David Josephsohn
*
empty pages
every moment begs
to
be written
David Josephsohn
family reunion
my view rises to the top
of
the tree
Barrie Levine
*
ironing
the infinite length of a shirtsleeve
Barrie Levine
*
cleaning up
my contact list
fast-moving
rain
Barrie Levine
*
the
touch of stiffened wool dad’s pea coat
Barrie Levine
*
tossing and turning
my unsettled thoughts
slip
to the floor
Barrie Levine
How can there be so
Many unanswered questions
In
one human heart?
Jennifer Gurney
after
the noon rain
rainbow
across the sky
we hang our laundry
Christina Chin and Uchechukwu Onyedikam
