"Every sound resonates"
The Truth on the Tongue
by Geoffrey Heptonstall
"Like desire it is wild"
Mirage
by Geoffrey Heptonstall
"When lips part with promises"
So Much We Say
by Geoffrey Heptonstall
"The endless night of winter"
Stone Water
by Geoffrey Heptonstall
"The leaves are found in a scattered pattern"
An Open Mind
by Geoffrey Heptonstall

Like a Forgotten Thought
"It was then that something magical happened"
Pumpkin Bread
by Michael Escoubas
"The sun’s surprising heat, this late October day"
The Something
by Laura Foley
"A crackling kaleidoscope of deciduous dancers"
Bonfire on Ray Street
by Donna O’Shaughnessy
"I wanted to weave autumn leaves"
Autumn Wind
by Bing Hua
Tr. by William Marr

Mending
"Eagles soar above the lodgepole pine"
Morning in the Woods
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
"Whisperings of love and grace"
Where is Divinity?
by Michael Escoubas
“Impenetrability, mystery and enchantment”
Dissecting a Line from Frost
by Neil Leadbeater
"Your eyes enticing me"
Lovely Beasts
by Jacob erin-cilberto
"Walk carefully this unfamiliar trail"
Warily I Walk These Woods
by Mark Fleisher
"Solid oaks by graveyard stones"
Frost Never Imagined
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"The winds are whistling"
Warning
by Paulette Demers Turco
“Chittering squirrels and twittering wrens”
Here, Among the Oaks and Pines
by Vaughn Neeld
“merlin, loon and fawn, fox and owl and muted swan”
Gretel and the Unknown Trail
by Priscilla Turner Spada
Poetry Prompt For November 2025

As Thoughts Fly
“Windows thrown open to the sea”
I Try to Imagine What Deborah DeWit Might Paint Next
by Lana Hechtman Ayers
"Echoes through the trees"
Uninvited Guest
by Sharmagne Leland St.John
"Where flower poems bloom"
Intermission
by Carl “Papa” Palmer
“Blackbirds flee”
Surrealism in Flight
by Vaughn Neeld
"Set against a waning sun"
Black-feathered Ascension
by Gay Williford
"Petunia poems sprouting words"
still life with petunias
by Alan Harris
"A storm approaches this side of the sun"
Remembering Hildegard of Bingen
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"The sky is full of blackbirds"
Blackbird Fantasy
by Paulette Demers Turco
"Quiet, the kitchen with the cooling stove"
Out of the Gloaming
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
Ekphrastic Prompt for November 2025

Late Afternoon

A Fragile Light
by Lois Parker Edstrom
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Hôtel Amour
by Deryn Rees-Jones
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater
Saying Goodbye to Thomas
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Memory Coin: Poems
by Sheila Elliott
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
The Language of Cancer
by Caroline Johnson
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Tree of Muses
Publisher: Highland Park Poetry Press
Message in a Bottle:
Poets Respond to Hopeful Communication
Editors: Mary Beth Bretzlauf, William T. Carey, Jennifer Dotson, Julie Isaacson,
Jen Meyer & Marjorie Rissman
Publisher: Terrapin Books
Winter Sharp with Apples
by Annette Sisson

Morning Stories
Easy Peasy ...a full meal in a tortilla!
Veggie Wrap Salad
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Begin the autumnal equinox with this spicy treat
Autumn Pumpkin Squares
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Treat your family and friends this holiday season
Almond Flour Brownies
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Oldies but Goodies
An abundance of corn recipes
from the kitchen of Eddy Robey
What better way to herald autumn?
Apple Soup
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
No fall feast can be complete without
Pumpkin Crème Brûlée
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Being With Time
Deborah DeWit
Bio
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October 2025 Studio Show~Generations and the Lives of Flowers
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