echoes
barely
there
passing fog
Linda L Ludwig
ski vacation...
hands cupped around mugs
of hot chocolate
Nancy Brady
*
moonlit night
a catamaran glides over
stars
Nancy Brady
one part goodwill
two parts love
stardust
to make it happen
Bonnie J Scherer
*
needles snap
while knitting a scarf
the breaking point
at which our lives
fall
apart
Bonnie J Scherer
sitting
in my fairytale the rocking chair
Sharon
Ferrante
*
Jupiter rising
you made
me
care
about you
Sharon Ferrante
The secret is this—
you find morning where night left
blue
ember, burning
Kara Knickerbocker
*
Embers carry you
into empty morning blue
full
of red, waiting
Kara Knickerbocker
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