"The wide green valley cupping the blue sky"
Dust to Ashes
by Bob Skeele

"Slender fingers on the frosty edge of the morning "
A Quilt of Some Proportion
by Bob Skeele

"A slow, quiet, descending grace"
The Year's Last Snow
by Bob Skeele

"You need not remove your shoes"
1937
Bob Skeele

"The crocus has not blinked awake"
Late Winter Walk
by Wilda Morris

"Lost beneath grieving skies".
Processional
by David Slavin

"To blossom with flowers of rain"
An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie
by Vachel Lindsay

"Seeing shades of gray"
The Reversal
by Kay Weeks

"Brief winter days"
Three Ekphrastic Poems
by Ed Bennett

"Anchored in the earth"
Meditation
Jane Roop

"Slow cold meander"
Three Ekphrastic Haiku
by P.C. Kennedy

"Icicles aimed to pierce the earth"
Two Ekphrastic Poems
by Mary Langer Thompson

"The false hope of spring"
Green Grass Dreams
by Maggie Kelly

Haiku
by Diane Dehler

Part 9: Why the Willow Weeps
by Jonathan Shute

Somewhere Piano
by Sarah Busse
Reviewed by: Ed Bennett

Dos Madres Press, Inc.
proudly presents
Foreigner
by Keith Holyoak

First published in our November 2001 issue.
You can now listen to the poet recite it.
Oh Life
by Sharmagne Leland St.John

An unusual crunchy variation on a holiday favourite
Kate's Cornbread
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St John

It's still soup weather. Treat your family to this tangy concoction
Red Lentil Soup with Olives
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

It's thyme to make something wonderful with pomegranates while still in season.
Pomegranate Roasted Chicken
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Remember to use some of the wonderful winter vegetables and squashes while you can still get them fresh from the garden
Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes
from the winter kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

A tasty French style fruit tart to tempt the palate
Tarte Tatin
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Bonnie Brezette