A Hundred Gourds

index

page 11

year-round strawberries …
I've begun to miss
missing you

Claire Everett - U.K.

candle light –
staring at each other
melting the gap

Pravat Kumar Padhy - India

Leonid shower
the radiance of her lips
within whisper's reach

Rafał Zabratyński - Poland

winter tree
a galah-hued sunset
roosting

Jan Dobb - Australia

yellow stained hands …
painted stars
for Matariki

Patricia Prime - New Zealand

Northern Lights –
a round of violins
a round of violins

Chad Lee Robinson - U.S.A.

breath before our eyes bringing back the mammoth

Barrow Wheary - U.S.A.

crossing the road
to avoid the butcher's slab –
my first trimester

Sonam Chhoki - Bhutan

lab coats
the baboon's head jerked
at 1,000 g

Allan Burns - U.S.A.

staring
at a blank sheet of paper –
weight of falling snow

Chen-ou Liu - Canada

seagulls
skim the dark water –
my thoughts of you

Anne Elvey - Australia

winter sparrow
she picks at her pastry
with trembling fingers

Anne Curran - New Zealand

splitting the cold bright winter geese

Ann K. Schwader - U.S.A.

winter solstice –
falling leaves
turning to snow

Nancy Nitrio - U.S.A

January night
the snow drifts down
in stars

Ann K. Schwader - U.S.A.