East wind blasts; a spangled rime
surrenders into brume.
Bio: Eira Needham is a retired teacher living in Birmingham UK. Her poetry has been published in print and online. Some of her recent/forthcoming publications are in Lighten Up Online and Allegro Poetry. She has
also been Featured Writer in WestWard Quarterly and once came first in Inter Board Poetry Contest.
Beautiful Cold
by Lisbeth L. McCarty
Coopersville in November
was my first trip
from the autumn of Oklahoma
which still harbors vestiges
of the vicious summer heat
to the Michigan snowfalls
which bear no pretensions
about the approach of harsh winter
Frozen roads and white-outs
greeted the senses
When the storm cleared
the world was covered
with lush white
standing houses became hills of snow
Although the cold
chilled through the outer coverings
and straight into the soul
the landscape was definitely
beautiful cold
And I cried when the day came
to return home.
Bio: Lisbeth L. McCarty. McCarty's books available on Amazon are: The Mental States of Murderesses; I Cooked; Therefore, They Ran; Ours was the House; The Bitten Air; Scared Spell That Ends Well; Confound the Moon; Mustang Island; How the Worst was Dunn; Unicorn and Friends; and From the Heart of the Galaxy (an anthology).
The Morning Hour
by James G. Piatt
The serenity
of wandering thoughts
is carried in
by the dawn’s
incoming mist
creeping
into the shadows
of my memories
as I sit
drinking Oolong tea
out of my grandmother’s
bone china.
Current of Time
by James G Piatt
The current of time washed against
the last hours of the night, and
erased the vestiges of reality as I
tramped upon the words that
escaped from my unwritten
poems that were scattered about
the unlit floor. Becoming lost in
the shadowy side of the night, my
thoughts danced in the darkness of
the rusting hours, and ghostly
incantations of ancient poets
screamed at my brain as I
scrambled to lace meaningful
words together on a piece of tear
soaked parchment.
Bio: James is the author of four collections of poetry, “Solace Between the Lines,” (2019), “Light” (2016), “Ancient Rhythms,” (2014),” and “The Silent Pond,” (2012). He has had over 1,400 poems, four novels, seven essays, and thirty-five short stories published in over 200 different national and international, books, anthologies, and magazines, including Green Silk Journal. He earned his BS and MA from California State Polytechnic University, and his doctorate from BYU. A review of his newest collection of poems, “Solace Between the Lines,” can be found on Cyberwit.com.