1.
marble steps
sculpted by endless soles
a welcome chill
Kim Russell
2.
mural tablets—
how ancient my son’s name
Patricia
3.
wind in the willows
unanticipated storm
green blades impaling
Richard Bailey
4.
will the night be dark
or give no shelter?
Patricia
5.
kissed moon
all those unfinished poems
underwater
wendy c. bialek
6.
empty leaves
the fading colours
m shane pruett
7.
an old quilt
grandmother’s warmth
passes down
m shane pruett
8.
bitterly cold
she adds peat to the fire
Patricia
9.
hypnotic glow
involuntary shiver
reaches his soul
Veronica Hosking
10.
snow glitter
in the alpine air
Patricia
11.
shawl bent
the long trudge through winter
collecting logs
James Young
12.
a returning trapper
offers his assistance
Andrew Syor
13.
breaking bread
news from another village
northern lights
s zeilenga
14.
the sky lamp shines long tonight
love birds
B S Saroja
15.
urgent flight
whisking wings
gallows bright
Rickey Rivers Jnr
16.
red dawn
a new life divides
Patricia
17.
market square
mired in slush
a solitary rose petal
Craig Kittner
18.
people gather and scatter
tides wait for no one
Mineko Takahashi
19.
a die cast
no going back –
overseas
Mineko Takahashi
20.
Spring quickening
she vomits on the deck
Patricia
21.
migration
coming home
to nest
Jonathan Roman
22.
murmurations
of candy-coloured blossoms
Kim Russell
