A child's laughter
rings above trees
locked in winter solstice
to remind them
of
their awakening
Janet Krauss
A child's laughter
rings above trees
locked in winter solstice
to remind them
of
their awakening
Janet Krauss
coyote prowls
the golf course—
what’s
his handicap
Janet Ruth Heller
*
foot of snow
on bird bath—
muffin
top
Janet Ruth Heller
my friend’s cabin
a short dash to the creek
for
a skinny-dip
Joseph P. Wechselberger
eyes
in all directions
the
lost potato
Robert Witmer
*
hunger
a stone ripens
in
a tight fist
Robert Witmer
windblown hair
campfire lights up
half
her face
Ravi Kiran
*
flooded street
the paper boat
faster
than me
Ravi Kiran
starting again
at fifty
I scrape
every last bit
of peanut butter
from
the jar
Bryan Rickert
their brooms
broken and burned at the stake
the witches
assemble at the village gate
to exact a gruesome vengeance
there are spells
we learned from the old ones
herbs on the fire
the chant deep and low ...
'the devil take your soul'
Michael H. Lester
and Joy McCall