"A yellow haze hung over the thorn bushes"
Cataclysm
Janice D. Soderling

"You shamble down the puddled streets"
Seasonal Sonnet
by Janice D. Soderling

"They walked down to the water"
Waves
by Janice D. Soderling

"There is no rhyme for zebra"
Bestiary for Beginners
Janice D. Soderling

Blue Stilly Park ~ Arlington, Washington

"Rocks made from the beginning of time"
The Blooms of Fall
by Marianne Szlyk

"At the moment there were no roses"
Aflame
by Jane Blue

"Whisper your song of riffling leaves"
Autumn
Patty Dickson Pieczka

"Interpretation is a heavy chain"
The speechless joy of summer
by Nina Rubinstein Alonso

"Celestial weeds Irish moss"
Brightly burning star fish...
by Joan McNerney

"The sound of coins chaffing"
Endgame
by Joseph Dorazio

Sunset ~ Stanwood, Washington

The Halloween Slumber Party
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Sunset ~ Montauk , New York

in the lake of your bones
by Peggy D. Dobreer
Reviewed by: Ed Bennett

Haller Bridge ~ Arlington, Washington

Lost Horse Press Proudly Presents
Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace
Edited by: Carolyne Wright, M.L. Lyons, Eugenia Toledo

Ever Green State Fair ~ Monroe, Washington

A souvenir of childhood
Caramel Apples
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

A unique addition to your holiday table when spread onto hot cornbread.
Sage-Cider Jelly
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Buena Vista State Park ~ near Brookings, Oregon

Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Sunset~Taos, New Mexico