New Year dawn –
we cross the old stone bridge
to the new temple

Sonam Chhoki - Bhutan

scratches where driftwood dragged the coldest month

Jim Kacian - USA

two doves hunched
above the compost bin
lowering sky

Nathalie Buckland - Australia

church out early
the rainspout's gush
frozen solid

Ferris Gilli - USA

long winter day
I coax the sun
inside

Robert Epstein - USA

snowy juniper
the ins and outs
of sparrows

Ann K. Schwader - USA

alpine lodge
someone's wiper blade
in the kea's beak

André Surridge - New Zealand

winter drought
the clamour of currawongs
a promise of rain

Petrus Heyligers - Australia

box of dried bulbs
in the cellar
the smell of rain

Mark E. Smith - USA

dripping icicles –
a red-headed flicker
beats a tattoo

Adelaide B. Shaw - USA

the stubborn bitch curls in her hair Siberian wind

Brendan Slater - The Netherlands

Valentine's day –
between you and me
a thin moonlight

P.K. Padhy - India

forty years married
no two dinner plates
the same pattern

Gerald England - UK

a crow feather
carried on the wind –
her final goodbye

Warren Gossett - USA

the walking stick
the stick of a man
walking on

Jeffrey Woodward - USA