A Hundred Gourds

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page 12

piano music
from an overturned car –
snow falling

Chad Lee Robinson - U.S.A.

snowfall …
the steady rhythm
of his pulse

Margaret Dornaus - U.S.A.

steady snow
I readjust the tempo
on my metronome

Margaret Dornaus - U.S.A.

deep winter miracle of flannel

Ann K. Schwader - U.S.A.

crackling cold
a fiery sunrise
kindles the snowfield

Rafał Zabratyński - Poland

heavy eyelids –
winter sunshine fills
the rocking chair

Adelaide B. Shaw - U.S.A.

50th reunion
a flock of
winter goldfinches

Carolyn Coit Dancy - U.S.A.

student reunion
a lump of asbestos taped
in his scrapbook

Cynthia Rowe - Australia

hospital corners
triangulating my way
into his bed

Autumn N. Hall - U.S.A.

paper-bark daphne –
my fever breaks
under a crimson quilt

Sandra Simpson - New Zealand

stepping into
the waiting daylight
a robin speaks first

Chad Lee Robinson - U.S.A.

silence is his answer
winter-pruned roses

Carolyn Hall - U.S.A.

the coo
of a mourning dove ...
gentle rain

Andy Burkhart - U.S.A.

aching knees
the votive candle
flickers out

Quendryth Young - Australia

winter’s end
the snowman
loses his smile

Jeff Hoagland - U.S.A.