"The sky whispered a song of snow"
Dreaming in Gallipoli, WWI, 1915
by Bakul Banerjee


"The sky was scribed by contrails"
The Dulcimer — Klein Creek Farm
by Bakul Banerjee


"Soaring toward the sunlit sky as it escapes shadows"
Reading Jibananada in Snowstorms
by Bakul Banerjee



"Another year has lent its logs to the fire"
Unwinding the Old Year
by Christine Swanberg


"As she sleeps beneath her glistening frosted blanket"
Winter is upon us
by Annie Jenkin


"Fresh-fallen snow swallowed us whole"
First Snow1955—Caught by Papa on His Kodak Reflex II
by Michael Escoubas


"Weightless stars spun of air and water"
Vermont Snowfall
by Sheri Lindner


"The Red-bellied Woodpecker
swoops in to grace our backyard feeder"
“Big Boy”
by Scott Shaffer


"May kisses substitute batons"
2021
by Deenaz P. Coachbuilder


"Seasons of difficulty become the instruments of growth"
Evening Speaks with the Resonance of Trees
by Jeannie E. Roberts




Shelter (ing) in place
against
alone
bed
billowing
exercise
eyes
hands
hungry
larder
lazy
naked
nosh
quivering
skin
sky
willow
wind

"I picture the white sails filled with gusts of wind"
Shelter in Place
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John


"Wind blows against quivering willow"
In January
by Maralee Gerke


"A soul-search with inner eyes"
Wet plein air oil shelters
by Marcel Aime Duclos


"The warming touch of a comforting hand"
Casualty
by Vaughn Neeld


"Near-naked bodies bent like willows"
Sheltering in Place
by Mark Fleisher


"Clouds billowing and fast-moving across the sky"
Letter to My Son
by Mary Jo Balistreri


Click here for the Word prompt for February 2021


"The hungry, darkling plain"
Walking Rain
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John


"Raindrops turn to ice crystals"
Virga
by Wayne Lee


"The gusts that tore the branches from the oak"
Through the Heavy Gray
by Paulette Demers Turco


"Fields and foliage lift grateful hands"
Sudden Rain
by Michael Escoubas


"The sun opened in a wandering sky"
Pillar
by Joan Alice Wood Kimball


"We did not drink from the River of Life"
America's Blindness
by Barbara Robinette


"The land sends echoes back to me"
Empty Stretches Along Desert Highways
by Gail Denham



"Morning snow"
Haiku
by Mark Fleisher


"Silver spruce sways longing arms"
Haiku String for Rebecca's Michael
by Marcel Aime Duclos



"Snowed in"
Senryũ
by Charlotte Digregorio


"I walk to the frozen pond"
Tanka
by Charlotte Digregorio



"A beam of light"
Hope
by Mark Fleisher




The Afternoon of The Elephant and Other Poems
by Luis Benítez
reviewed by Neil Leadbeater


The Ones Within
by Sean Lause
reviewed by Michael Escoubas



Forget Russia, A Novel
by L. Bordetsky-Williams
reviewed by Ellie Hawkes


Rain in Plural: Poems
by Fiona Sze-Lorrain
reviewed by Michael Escoubas



Publisher: MoonPath Press
Lessons of the Plum
by Lois Parker Edstrom


Publisher: MadHat Press
Listen
by Steven Cramer




A unique, easy to prepare appetiser 
Sweet and Spicy Cheese and Crackers with Fig Butter
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John


This earthy lentil stew is the perfect Indian side dish or main meal
Black Lentil Stew with Yellow Corn Niblets
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John




Helga Marie


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