Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Friday, January 12, 2024

Robert Witmer

alone

the little boy fills his basket

with snowballs

Robert Witmer

Chen-ou Liu

last shift over

my shadow walks alone

with the snow moon

Chen-ou Liu

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

By S.Eta Grubešić

Rooted in Winter

S.Eta Grubešić

By Kimberly Kuchar

the weight of ice

on every branch

my breaking point

Kimberly Kuchar


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a falling tear

freezes on her cheek

she keeps walking

Kimberly Kuchar

Michael Shoemaker

moving a piano up

to the fourteenth floor

a test of friendship

Michael Shoemaker

Mark Meyer

nightingale floor

still waking the dead

as I tiptoe through life

Mark Meyer

Mark Forrester

thick brush

the fox’s tail

here and gone

Mark Forrester

Mark Gilbert

sparrows that rhyme

and snow that doesn’t lay

Leonard Cohen


Mark Gilbert

M. R. Pelletier

Time lapse—

   how age reshuffles

   memory’s frames

M. R. Pelletier

By Mary Arnold

Appalachian pond

in the middle of mallards

a single cormorant

Mary Arnold

By Melissa Laussmann

his gentle moves

in morning's first light—

the silkworm


Melissa Laussmann

Saturday, January 6, 2024

By David Josephsohn

health crisis

her long journey

to another state


David Josephsohn

Friday, January 5, 2024

Randy Brooks

red button mushrooms

cheerful little fellas

on a rotting log


Randy Brooks

Aline da Silveira

unleash me tsunami heart if you see waves


Aline da Silveira

Pitt Büerken

global warming

the winter coat stays

in the wardrobe


Pitt Büerken

By Amber Winter

sugar scrub polishing off my old self

Amber Winter

By Carmela Marino

my destiny

a seagull driven

by wind


Carmela Marino

By Brad Bennett

one dead tree leaning

on another dead tree leaning

on a live one

Brad Bennett

By Helen Ogden

the shadow I cast

upon the blank page

morning light

Helen Ogden

David Ngo

stone carvings

yesterdays relived

David Ngo

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