"Memory needs not quietude"
Varanasi—Luminous City 
by Ambika Talwar

"Silvery haze weaves in and out of rivers"
On These Wintry Days 
by Ambika Talwar

"Sky empty of trees shyly turns away"
An Aubade Dreams of Snow
by Ambika Talwar

A River Runs Through It

"The solstice stars blaze renewed"
Wind Woman
by Ed Bennett

"Their chirpings form a choir "
When all the world was white 
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"The downy woodpecker hammers home his point"
The Gathering 
by Mary Jo Balistreri

"There was widespread melting"
A Capella Earth 
by Karla Linn Merrifield

"Gilbert & Sullivan rang through the hall"
Dolly's Broke
by Carole Mertz

"The crofter's creel is laden with stories"
The Ceilidh House 
by Caroline Gill

"The snow simply falls" 
Snow Angels 
by Kay Weeks

Congratulations to the finalists for the
Pushcart Prize Nominations for 2018

Taos Pueblo

"The spray of shot filling the gray air"
Pheasants and Plovers 
by Michael Escoubas

"The crown jewels around their once-warm necks"
Two Doves 
by Jane Lang

"He pulls from the ruck sack his riches"
The Gamekeeper 
by Maralee Gerke

"So that I, in time, could put food on our table"
On Displaying the Kill 
by Fred Bassett

"From the moon silence overflows"
Snow 
by Gerald A. McBreen

Snowy Woods

From Holy Cow! Press
The Caregiver 
by Caroline Johnson

Cloudy Sky

 Indie Blu(e) Publishing Presents
We Will Not Be Silenced
Editors: Christine E. Ray, Kindra M. Austin, Candace Louise Daquin,
Rachel Finch

From Moonrise Press
Grateful Conversations - A Poetry Anthology by Westside Women Writers 
Edited by: Kathi Stafford and Maja Trochimczyk, Ph.D

Aspen in the Rain

This Yuletide tradition is a rich and delicious concoction 
Winter Spice Cake 
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Snow Day

Sharmagne Leland-St. John
*Biography*