ALLEN, JOSHUA
ANDERSON, DUANE
BANASH, MATTHEW
BRAMATTI, BAXTER
CAMPBELL, CHARLES
CASEY, CAROL
CHILICAS, EVE
COTTRELL, SUZANNE
CURRO, STEPHEN
DECKER, LAURIE
DEPAUL, MARIA
DERANLEAU, SARAH
DIMACALI, DIDIMAY
ELYSHEVITZ, ALAN
EUSTICE, ISAAC
FAHEY, MARY CRANE
FLANAGAN, MICHAEL
FLAVIN, FRANCIS
FORD, SARAH
GENTRY, SUSAN
GUNN, MARY
HAMLIN, ANDREW
HATTER, SHASTA
HUNT, ROBERT
JAMES, HANI
JOHNSON, ALVIN
KILLGORE, C L
LAGE, KELLI
LANZO, DOUGLAS
LAUSSMANN, MELISSA
LAVENDER, NATE
LEVINE, BRUCE
MANNEN, MICHAEL
MATTA, RICHARD
MCOMBER, KARL
MELTON, BILL
MICHALSKI, PENNY
NIELSEN, AYAZ DARYL
PELLA, PATRICIA
ROSSI, PATRICIA
SCHULZ, BRIAN
SCHWARTZ, GREG
SCHWEICKERT, CODY
SMITH, KAITLYN
SMITH, MANDI
SPINKS, RANDALL
SPITZENBERGER, RAY
STAMATIS, STEVEN
STATON, VALERIE
ZEMPEL, RACHEL
Andrew Hamlin
Killing a fly
with my Diet Coke bottle
passes for news
Eve Chilicas
shooting stars
and dancing carp
along the river of dreams.
Karl McOmber
Sing with me now you wingless butterfly;
You steel breeze of loving malice.
Fly with me, you voiceless sparrow.
Randall Spinks
Brook no thought.
Clear water curves
over rock.
Sarah Deranleau
Fragrant, cool wind blows
stirs the leaves, kisses my cheek.
Grandma says hello.
Bruce Levine
Passing time in an empty space
Filling moments in a perpetual haze
Waiting on the precipice of reality
Steven Stamatis
We don a mask over our mask,
drawing a curtain over the veil,
aching and arching ears expand.
Carol Casey
The pouring out of words upon a page,
not pretty, but honest
escapees from a restless mind.
Ray Spitzenberger
yule tree in Texas
blinking lights revealing gifts
daughter stuck in Queens
Suzanne Cottrell
Sheltered at home during the pandemic
Time for homemade crafts and baked goods
Tis the year for social distance gifting
Ayaz Daryl Nielsen
perhaps a new mirror
this one reflects
last year's fool
Duane Anderson
Wrapping paper
gifts in disguise
a case waiting for Sherlock Holmes.
Alvin Johnson
No presents this year,
just thoughts of one another,
with genuine love.
Susan Gentry
Leaves fall silently in cold autumn rain
scent of feasts escape noisy tables
memories flicker of many now gone
Charles Campbell
The big holly tree bursts now with berries,
soon to celebrate Christmas day with us,
and later, the squirrels and birds will feast.
Isaac Eustice
The clatter of plates
Happy voices of loved ones
Forgetting the news
Patricia Rossi
angelic voices
songs of peace
faith renewed
Penny Michalski
At The Table for One Restaurant
The Spirit of Christmas shuns me
Because you left this earth.
Francis Flavin
The falling snow muffles the holiday clamor,
And opens a pine scented gateway
To a time more intimate and benign.
Shasta Hatter
in line for a food box
volunteers offer day old flowers
bread for body and soul
Maria DePaul
Families gather
Lighting candles for wishes
To herald New Year
Stephen Curro
winter solstice
the sun embraces
rosy cheeks
Bill Melton
an old logging road
deep frozen wheel ruts nestled
full of downy snow
Richard Matta
Lost are countless rainbows to climb
with carabiners, harness and rope
Prisms now prisons, ropes now thread
Mandi Smith
summer sun falls
mockingbirds coo
crickets dance
Valerie Staton
The spirit of Christmas -
thinking not of ourselves,
blessing those who have a need
Baxter Bramatti
warmth from frozen memories
frozen in their photographs
frozen in their smiles
Didimay Dimacali
the wings of morning
warm a cold winter
bells are ringing
Cody Schweickert
unseen footprints in flat-lit snow
indulge depressive impressions
glacial sobs fill empty space
Joshua Allen
Thursday's gratitude
does not see
Friday's dawn.
Nate Lavender
When she leaves in the morning, crack
open the window, let in the cold, let in
the dog's bark scratching at the glass.
Matthew Banash
Beak tucked into shoulder
Bobbing like a buoy
Afloat in duck dreams.
Melissa Laussmann
breaking through
the silent landscape
winterberries
Greg Schwartz
back of the bus
a girl writes her name
on the window
Mary Gunn
The aroma of mother's cooking...
In times gone by, enjoying the fruits
of our farm. Happy memories stay.