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"My beloved whistles a little Leonard Cohen tune"
Last Day in Blue December
by Lana Hechtman Ayers
"We crunched our way over snow-crusted sidewalks"
Songs of Christmas Lights and Night Sky
by Lana Hechtman Ayers
"I see your face in the broken mirror of time"
Life Wolf
by Lana Hechtman Ayers
Sangre de Cristos
"Her wispy brown hair frames her faraway look"
Squirrel Talk
by Scott Shaffer
"My country is like a cupboard of cracked plates"
Lament For The Current Time
by Judith Valente
"What’s on the other side of my last breath"
A Path To The Afterlife
by MFrostDelaney
"You had to choose every word you spoke"
The Last Time I Cried Unexpectedly
by W. Wayne Lin
"I approach the holidays with mixed emotions"
Kiss Me, it’s Christmas!
by Gay Williford
"Best Christmases we ever had"
Christmas in the Fifties Triolet
by Cheryl Miller
When All the World Was White
"Canadian geese still in flight"
A Winter Villanelle
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
"Streets are so quiet they seem to whisper"
An Early Morning in December
by Michael Escoubas
"Framed in a pane, on a perch, he was posed"
Lakeside Bird Feeder, First Day
by D. R. James
"The light comes earlier now"
From Darkness Comes the Snow
by Mark Fleisher
"A breeze is not enough to turn the page"
Powder Blessings
by MFrostDelaney
"We have snow"
Fresh Snow Old Memory
by Maralee Gerke
"Her uncle came to apologize, but hadn’t yet found the courage"
Finding Courage
by Gay Williford
"The elm and the kudzu dance a wild ballet"
Autumn Coda
by Vaughn Neeld
"Friday evening main street rests empty"
awaiting
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"I am thrilled by depths of peace"
Stepping Out
by Loretta Sturgeon
"A bit of pleading in their song"
Coyote Loves Song
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
"I keep walking until his voice vanishes"
Walk Away
by Candace Turner
"I heard a scuffle, a squeak, a thud"
Shuttered
by Franny Osman
"It lays there sparkling in the pale morning sun"
A Gentle Reminder
by Howard Osborne
Poetry Prompt For January 2026
On the Way to Santa Fe
"I knew I was almost home"
Highway 68 Revisited
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
"Feathery flakes settling satin-soft"
Snow
by Michael Escoubas
"The wheat fields’ rustling whispers speak to me"
Our Acres on the Mesa
by Paulette Demers Turco
"Its naked branches shivering"
Winter Anticipation
by Elayne Clift
"It stands dark and leafless but determined"
Farmland Winter
by Gay Williford
"Echoes of history in the cold winter air"
Pilar
by Howard Osborne
"Light from an overcast sky gilts the shorn stalks"
Early Winter
by Vaughn Neeld
"No mail now for years"
No Longer at 3224
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"The mountains work to gather virgin snow"
Acequias
by Bob Moore
"I make my careful way to the mailbox"
The Flag Has Dropped
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
Ekphrastic Prompt for January 2026
Winter Carnations
Congratulations to the finalists for the
Pushcart Prize Nominations for 2025
Frozen Sagebrush
Good Ash: Poems
by Kika Dorsey
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Lode
by Gillian Allnutt
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater
Winter Sharp with Apples
by Annette Sisson
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Cow Herd in Winter
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Mirror
by Zhang Zao
Publisher: Fernwood Press
The Presence of One Word
by Andrea Potos
Snow Ponies
"How can things change so quickly?"
Snow Angel
by Constance Kostelc
Onion Soup
'Tis the season for locally grown, seasonal vegetables.
Seasonal Stuffed Cornish Game Hens
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St John
Tart or sweet you just can’t beat this holiday treat!
Cranberry Crumble
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Try this tasty 3 ingredient holiday cocktail
Winken, Blinken and Nod Christmas Cocktail
from the bar of Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Oldies but Goodies
Keeping kosher for warmth on a winter night
Beef-Mushroom-Barley Soup
By Eddy Robey
Try this novelty martini this holiday season
White Christmas
from the holiday kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
A Kwanza favourite
Creamy Black-Eyed Peas with Bacon
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Here Comes the Sun
Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Bio
Red Umbrella
Guanacos ~ Patagonia
In the Meadow We Will Build a Snowman
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