Keith Evetts

market stall

each vegetable holds down

its price

—Keith Evetts

Tomislav Maretić

skating

with its shadow—

water glider

—Tomislav Maretić

Mike Gallagher

roaming freely

in the lane’s red clover

bees and butterflies

—Mike Gallagher

Katie Montagna

spread tail feathers

my date's

still talking

—Katie Montagna

not whistling

but shouting

the wind

down the chimney

—Katie Montagna

finches

in the fruit trees

the cat's ek ek ek

—Katie Montagna

Bryan Rickert

windowsill snow

a chickadee’s

little prints

—Bryan Rickert

icy street

the small geyser

of manhole steam

—Bryan Rickert

before I can see

   what it is

      the ocean

         takes it back

—Bryan Rickert

Deborah Karl-Brandt

the truth

of a soul revealed

a skirt and braids

for the shy boy

from next door

—Deborah Karl-Brandt

almond-shaped eyes

where are you from

always the first question

—Deborah Karl-Brandt

Scott Wiggerman

snow-tipped mountains

you are never coming

home

—Scott Wiggerman

you begin

to think it spotless

empty sky

—Scott Wiggerman