Our Guest Poet for December is the author of forty-seven books, a writer,
poet and performer.  Jim lives in Liverpool in the UK.  He teaches Creative
Writing at the University of Liverpool and delivers part of the MA at the Edge Hill
University College, Ormskirk.  A CD of his work, "Down in Liverpool", was
published in 2001 and is now in its third impression.  You will find Jim's
writings in magazines and anthologies around the world. 
 Walking On The Mesa
by  Jim Bennett

Speaking in Silence
by Jim Bennett

As the war rages our "Poets for Peace" dip their quills to prove the pen is mightier than the sword
Blackbirds
by Jeanne Marie Spicuzza

Seeing the dreams within a child's eyes
Big Dreams
by Deborah Russell

A late afternoon shadow brings back haunting memories
Bamboo
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John

Aurora and Christopher speak to each other in the language of poetry
Celestial Slumber and Solaris Eternal
A. Antonovic and Christopher John Horne

This is an old Maryland recipe dating to Colonial times
Old Maryland Eggnog
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

For a Charles Dickens Style Christmas
Roast Goose With Hazelnut, Wild Rice and Green Apple Stuffing
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Wild rice is not really a rice at all.  It is the seeds from grasses which
grow wild along the banks of lakes.
Wild Rice
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland- St. John

Graphics by Sara Wadington