Chen-ou Liu

I seem happy

in this wedding photo

with brown edges ...

on my then-wife's face

a look I never knew

—Chen-ou Liu

Richard West

winter trees

their only leaves

a flock of finches

—Richard West

a raven’s call dissolves in the silence of snow

—Richard West

Malcolm Highfield

stillness

that moment

before you reply

—Malcolm Highfield

unused slippers 

in the hall 

the clock ticking

—Malcolm Highfield

Joanna Ashwell

river tide

the shape of wings

in twilight’s brush

—Joanna Ashwell

Partha Sarkar

sanguine music 

fall of innocent 

starlings 

—Partha Sarkar

Philip Davison

winter solstice

lifting the centre of the lake

the moon

—Philip Davison

Manasa Reddy Chichili

needle ice

knitting for

newborn

—Manasa Reddy Chichili