- as words fly

dutch chocolate
spooned from the carton
midnight sabi

_{Bruce H. Feingold, USA}

dawn kitchen
the hollow thump
of a pumpkin

_{Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, India}

a field mouse
in from the cold—
kitchen crumbs

_{Tim Dwyer, Northern Ireland/USA}

harvest barter —
giving some ears of corn
for the badger’s company

_{Ben Oliver, England}

first frost ー
warming the food
for my cat

_{Keiko Izawa, Japan}

evening chill…
steaming on the stove
a hearty vegetable soup

_{Tuyet Van Do, Australia}

night cold—
the kettle’s one note
before the boil

_{Jacek Margolak, Poland}