"I am famished for a Whitman's sampler"
To My Husband, Collector Of Found Objects
by Barbara Rockman

"A rise of mountain bluebirds"
After Birding At Cochiti Lake
by Barbara Rockman

"The rosy, snow-limned peaks I see"
Valentine's Day
by Barbara Rockman

"Newly learned idioms of a language we likened to song"
Firenze
by Ed Bennett

"The way I slipped into bed beside you"
Tuscany 2012
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"You were a poem waiting to be written"
The First Time I Saw You
by Michael Escoubas

"Her hair the color of hopscotch chalk"
Dream Girl
by donnarkevic

"His kisses on the gambit"
Scar
by Carol DeCanio

"He might ask if she'd sleep with a vagabond"
Later That Night
by J. J. Steinfeld

"To all the guys who ditched me"
Love Letter
by Carol Folsom

"Two clumsy hearts with ragged edges"
The U.S. Weather Service Predicts Snow Beginning After Midnight and
Continuing Thru Tomorrow Afternoon with Accumulations of up to 4"
(Dallas, 2003)
by Ann Howells

"Drove to his island, rimmed with new fallen snow"
Close Call
by Sheryl Sirotnik

Freaky Mumbler's Manifesto
by Christopher Robin
Review by: Charles P. Ries

From C&R Press
Les Fauves
by Barbara Crooker

From Sky Horse Publishing
Delicious Rose-Flavored Desserts
by Judy Polinsky

The purrrrfect Valentine's Day Cocktail
Aperol Fizz
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Another unique recipe using rosewater
Snow and Cream
from the kitchen of Judy C. Polinsky

Give your sweetheart roses in the form of this delicious dessert
Rose Water Ices
from the kitchen of Judy C. Polinsky

Sara Wadington