By Anthony Ward

Balanced into the wind the bird embraces rain

Anthony Ward

By Lakshman Bulusu

New Year’s Eve

at the stroke of midnight

every star, a new dream


Lakshman Bulusu

By AJ Johnson

winter commute

missing the sun

both ways

AJ Johnson

By Anne Fox

in the dreaming of trees

winter songs

of the afterlife

Anne Fox

stray cat…

another unanswered question

wanders away

Anne Fox

narrow path…

this endless wait

for new wings

Anne Fox

still winter…

i search the night

for a song

Anne Fox

By Nicholas Klacsanzky

with each wave

the hush of pebbles . . .

father’s ashes

Nicholas Klacsanzky

By Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

pear petals on the pavement

she asks

if everyone dies

Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff

By Nicoletta Ignatti

New Year's concert—

the pianist leans

into her tune

Nicoletta Ignatti

snow wind—

how fast the cat

enters the garage

Nicoletta Ignatti

By Sharon Ferrante

he carves me a poem

in the oak

—woodpecker


Sharon Ferrante

By Katie Montagna

grey dawn

a sea of fog

hides the ocean


Katie Montagna

By Jennifer Gurney

this day

holding all the promise

of the future

Jennifer Gurney

each note

becomes the concert

piano recital

Jennifer Gurney

By Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

river station —

a string of wild ducks

continues on its way

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă