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Tag: New Years Day

Tanka for the New Year

Poetry by K.L. Johnston

cathedral of pines
capturing
                   light and silence
carpet of needles
shushing our footsteps
                                                 our breath
rising white
                  with songbird wings

 


K.L. Johnston is an award-winning haiku poet and author whose works have appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines. She holds a degree in Literature and Communications from the University of South Carolina and is a retired antiques dealer. You can follow her on Facebook at A Written World.

Brixen in Winter

Poetry by Jeannette Tien-Wei Law


Frost flakes, Yule tide, blink lights glow

Dove haze, slab streets, wish for snow

Star child, sweep stacks, coal smudge face

Sky blush, Year dawns, white spot doe


Jeannette Tien-Wei Law grew up celebrating the holidays with her family in St. Louis, Missouri. Festive dinners often touted steamed rice and stir-fried broccoli alongside the roasted turkey and traditional trimmings. Jeannette now makes her own stuffing with apricots, wine and Italian sausage as an international educator living in Milan.

Christmas Tree Thrown Away

Special Selection for the 2022/2023 Winter Holiday Issue

Poetry by Mona Mehas

Still, it lies there in the snow
All shimmer and crystal shining,
Icicles dangling all a-glow,
And with each branch, entwining.

The balls that were hung so carefully
Are now scattered upon the ground
And fallen there, disdainfully
Are candy canes with stripes around.

The lights that twinkled ever so bright
To all the world for seeing
No longer light up Winter’s nights,
Nor the souls of human beings.

The garland, and popcorn strings, and bows,
Along with children’s delight –
They’ve all tumbled to Angels’ snows,
Brilliant colors absorbed in white.

And last but not least, the star, so great,
Has been tossed aside, no doubt,
For it’s broken – count them – in pieces of eight,
As the New Year, it’s opened and let Christmas out.


Mona Mehas (she/her) writes about growing up poor, accumulating grief, and climate change. A retired teacher in Indiana, she’s at her laptop most days. She’s published in Words & Whispers, Grim and Gilded, and others. In 2020, she watched every Star Trek show and movie in chronological order. Find her on Twitter @Patienc77732097.

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