"Pumpkins gather scenes for postcards from New England"
October Contentment
by MFrostDelaney

"Porches pumpkin-decked"
New England's First Chill
by MFrost Delaney

"Your eyes a haunting gaze"
Seeking on Hallows’ Eve
by MFrostDelaney

"Acorns, dried-up leaves and pinecones fall"
A Word Sower’s Lament 
by MFrostDelaney

Counting the Cost

"Jack-o-lanterns glow"
Zola Rising
by Gay Williford

"Brief, bright butterflies"
Short Row
by Wesley Sims

"The air is thick with song"
Visiting the Graves
by Andrea Potos

"Otto’s lamp gives off a ghostly glow"
Boathouse at Otto’s Landing at End of Season
by Michael Escoubas

"Winter would still their music"
High on Steens Mountain
by Gail Denham

"Days are eaten by nights nibbling empty shadows"
Everything is Walking in Your Heart
by Claire Scott

"The geese flutter their wings toward the south"
Deep Autumn Provoked Deep Longing
by Bing Hua

"I listen then to soundless clapping and the phantoms’ silent cheers"
The Dream
by Mary Audrey Kneipp

Potions 2

"Peacefully descending on a purple-crimson horizon"
Rembrandt’s Questions
by Scott Shaffer

"We were used to the suddenness of storms"
Turbulence
by Michael Escoubas

"Each clamorous crash of sea creates a runnel"
Faith
by Paulette Demers Turco

"Holy light pierces storm clouds"
Trial of Faith
by Gay Williford

"He whispers"
Perilous
by Gail Denham

"Oh ye of little faith"
Christ Calms the Sea of Galilee 
by MFrostDelaney

Ekphrastic Prompt For November 2022

Past Times Recalled

"Foraging for periwinkles in the tidepools"
Autumn Memories
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"Smoke curls up from burning leaves"
Signs of Autumn
by Gay Williford

"Cardinals and jackdaws fly to sunnier climes"
Autumn
by Maralee Gerke

"One purple Periwinkle tenaciously blooms by the deck"
Sensing The Change
by Gail Denham

Poetry Prompt For November 2022

The Alchemist

Self-Portrait with Thorns
by Gail Goepfert
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Honorifics
by Cynthia Miller
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater

apparitions
by Amelia Cotter
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

To Talk of Many Things: Selected Poems
by Richard Greene
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Legendary Tales

Publisher: Highland Park Poetry
Odes: Poets Praising People, Places & Things
Editors Jennifer Dotson & Mary Beth Bretzlauf

Publisher: Amazon Books
Breaking Cover: Poems
by Michael Maul

Publisher: Yellow Arrow Publishing
when the daffodils die
by Darah Schillinger

Publisher: Recent Work Press
Natural Philosophies
by Michael J. Leach

Another Burns Night

An Interview with Andrea Potos
by Neil Leadbeater

Dom Perignon 1990 with Truffles

This delicious brunch favourite needs no introduction
Serbian Eggs
from the kitchen of Liz Reed and Sharmagne Leland-St. John

A tiny, tasty tidal treat 
Periwinkles in White Wine Broth
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

More like scones than cookies, but a scone by any other name...
Pecan-Maple Skillet Cookies
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

What Lies Beyond

Ian Mastin

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