the need
to solve mysteries
Milky Way
Maria Concetta Conti
Montana
the Milky Way drapes
our big sky
JL Huffman
rolling thunder
trying to concentrate
on a clarinet solo
Tim Murphy
deep crevice
in the
concrete sidewalk ant’s eye viewB.A. France
covered of snow
the chrysanthemums
fall asleep
Vasile Moldovan
a longing for you rings in each christmas songLisbeth Ho
Christmas Star ... something unspoken in her eyes
Lucia Cardillo
Christmas scent
mom's cakes
lack
Zdenka Mlinar
trimming the tree
we bicker over
strands of tinsel
Helen Ogden
sundown
along the mountain range
shrivelled red apple
Mike Gallagher
end of life . green apples
Peter Jastermsky
silent night humming a carol to my pet
Florin C. Ciobica
my dog and I look for brightness new moon
Neena Singh
living room
our first real Christmas tree
marked by our dog
John J. Dunphy
poodle dreams a cumulus cloud
in the dark
Mariel Herbert
long night moon
shadows dancing on
gravel roads
Jim Niffen
winter dusk
cutting onions
for my soupMariangela Canzi
bare maple
a tiny red beanie
trampled in mud
Louise Hopewell
quilting... autumn leaves upon the grass
Baisali Chatterjee Dutt
swedish fish swimming— in their wake they seem to jump from gold gummy bears Pat Geyer
internet down. then. we talk
moon landing—
a delayed flock of geese
above water
Mirela Brăilean
low clouds
his last breath
in a handkerchief
Carmela Marino
paper and pencil
I leave a trail of breadcrumbs
for the afterlife
Cynthia Anderson
jazz club dancer squeezed into her dress my dreams Robert Moyer
Winter day
Rainbow falls
on my quiet Maria Cristina Pulvirenti
over and over
the song
the silence
Keith Evetts
tattered at the toe
the stocking I hung
as a child