By Tim Murphy

empty street

the extra silence

on Christmas Day

Tim Murphy

 

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full moon

the manuscript

takes shape

Tim Murphy

By Richard Bailly

crescent moon

thinning every minute

sunrise

Richard Bailly

C.X. Turner

pixie cup lichen

the slow growth

of inner healing

C.X.Turner

*

dwindling sky lost in the blue shape of you

C.X.Turner

Mark Gilbert

the egret

& its reflection

paths diverge

Mark Gilbert

*

 

flowing uphill

the winding trail

of a rattler

Mark Gilbert

By Paula Sears

Valentine’s Day

a cardinal’s wings

on winter wind

Paula Sears

*

 

crowning every picket

of our fence . . .

snow moon

Paula Sears

By Jim Azevedo

the heart calls

and calls

silence of a winter night


Jim Azevedo

By John J. Dunphy

'no commitment'

advertised policy of the gym where

she picked me up

John J. Dunphy

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reindeer under either arms

my wife and I begin

de-Christmasing our yard

John J. Dunphy