Christmas-Winter edition 2022/23
Christmas-Winter edition 2022/23
Welcome to our Christmas and winter volume III anthology - our third annual; volume! It's been ten months of work to curate this beautiful book, that's ideal for lovers of literature and winter traditions.
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Once again, we feature the stunning work of Gower artist, Emma Bissonnet, and the work of approximately 100 writers from across the world. The edition is edited by Welsh writer Matthew M. C. Smith and sub-edited by Damien B. Donnelly and M.S. Evans.
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Our contributor list is huge but the poems and prose carefully chosen!
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Here's the contents page of the book.
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Contributors
A.R. Williams Beside A Red Brick Rancher 1
Regine Ebner Saw teeth 1
Rachel Handley The Sky Has Lost 2
Polly Oliver Ash 2
Elegy for a country church 2
Claire Loader Dieback 3
Ronnie Smith Fall 3
A.A. Parr What's Left of the Tree 3
Ness Owen Fox Tread 4
Sarah Connor Rooks 4
Jen Feroze Salt
Thaw 5
Elizabeth Kuelbs Solstice Thirst 5
John McCullough Glitter 6
Jane Dougherty Small deaths 6
Jonathan Braceras Becoming Blackbirds 7
Martin Potter Late Snowfall 7
Beth Brooke Midwinter Morning 7
Eileen Carney Hulme December Stilled 8
Ankh Spice By Turns 8
Rhiannon Oliver Snow Work 8
Iris Anne Lewis Mass in the Parish Church 8
Angela Graham I betrayed you 9
Lisa Falshaw Lost year 9
Janet Laugharne Image of Christmas 9
Merril D. Smith Snow Maiden 10
Kathy Miles Snowman 10
Eilín de Paor Freeze Frame 12
Lucy Heuschen Holly 12
Marion Ashton Red Hill at Sunset 13
Marian Christie Holly 13
Elinor Ann Walker Last Year’s Tree 14
Mary Earnshaw On finding post-war wrapping-paper 14
in the loft
Jon Miller Winter Sunlight 15
Tim Fellows Cutting 15
Jane Dougherty A Solstice Ago 16
Le solstice passé 16
Catherine Redford Oak Moon 17
Marie Studer Disbelief 17
Julian Brasington Maeni Hirion, Penmaenmawr 19
Coastal music 19
Colin Hassard Rudoph’s Nose 20
Susanna Rich Losing the light 20
Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon Mother-Daughter Connect 21
M.S. Evans Tracking 21
Elizabeth Kemball Tradition 22
Alice Stainer How to Make a Christmas Wreath 22
Margaret Royall Midnight Village 23
Kathy Gee Watendlath Tarn 23
Anthony Paticchio Moonstones 24
Turning Day 24
Rebecca Lowe Winter Solstice 25
Lucy Dixcart Selling Christmas Cards in London 25
M.S. Evans Sleeping Rough, Calgary 26
City-snow 26
Rhiannon Fielder-Hobbs Red 27
Adam Gibbs The Cold Quiet 27
Dai Fry Xmas Ghost Story 28
Ellie Rees Christmas Presents 29
Heather Brown Barrett My Great-Grandmother’s Doily Lies Forgotten 29
Merril D. Smith Once on Christmas Eve 31
Miracles 31
Sam Henley Smith Sugar Dust 32
Larissa Reid Treasured 32
Rhona Greene Little Crosses II 33
Sarah Connor Owl 34
Doreen Duffy The End of Winter 34
Jane Mackenzie Epiphany 35
Cindy Bousquet-Harris Charlie 35
Lynn Valentine This Year’s Turn 37
Richard Hawtree Frenze Church, Norfolk 37
Matthew M.C. Smith Bracelet Bay 38
First Snow 38
Zaina Ghani First Snow 39
Mark Stewart Winter Bound 39
Helianne Kallio January, a snapshot 40
Andy MacGregor The loch in winter 40
Denise Bennett January 41
Kim Russell Cailleach 41
Charlotte Oliver Winter walk 42
Solstice 42
Ant Heald New Year’s Day 43
Feathered 43
Marcelle Newbold Deep Breath 43
Gerry Stewart Caught on the Threshold 44
Adrienne Stevenson Winter Festival 44
Holly Peckitt Horeh 45
John Baalke Jade Stairs 45
Iris Anne Lewis Chepstow Wassail 46
Kate Dowling Pica Holarctic 46
Sue Finch Winter’s Threat 47
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Ocean of Faith 47
Prahlad
K. C. Bailey Freeze-frame 49
K.C. Bailey Winter Weeps 49
Ryan Gibbs winter journey 49
Boris Simonovski A denar for good fortune 50
Еден Денар за Среќа и Бериќет 50
Gaynor Kane On the first morning back to work 51
after Christmas break
Mick Jenkinson Renewal 51
Vicky Allen January 52
John Scarborough Self-portrait 52
Julie Stevens Lost Snow 53
Toni Lötter Couplet 53
Angela Gardner The Bridge 54
Cassy Dorff Return 54
Lesley Curwen Millers 55
Kim Mannix Morning, before anyone else 55
A.A. Parr What's Left of the Tree 55
Eliza Bowen-Smyth Postprandial 56
Damien B. Donnelly Hand on the Headstone 56
Damien B. Donnelly Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris 56
Damien B. Donnelly Only for a Season 56
Sarah Connor Geese 58
Roger Hare When it comes to birds 58
Fiona Larkin Let it Snow 58
Katy Naylor Frost on the driveway 59
Victoria Punch The Cold Is 59
Corinna Board Winter Moon 60
Helen Openshaw The dialect of snew 60
Matt Gilbert Winter Shade 61
Daniel Gustafsson Untitled 61
Gillian Craig Winter Lullabies 62
Kerry Darbishire Powercut 62
Kyla Houbolt Winter Songs 63
Patricia M. Osborne Winter Comforts 63
Lexi Knott solstice to imbolc 64
Aaron Huw Williams Snowdrops 64
Louise Mather Summoning 65
Louise Longson Dark Materials 65
Sarah Jane Crowson I will Show You 65
Paul Brookes Midwinter Is 67
The Severity 67
Briony Collins February 68
Miles Hovey A haiku 68
Searching for fossils, Wiseman’s Bridge beach, in winter.
Jay Whittaker Still Alive 69
Marie Little Picking 70
Adam Cairns Snowfields of Belgium 70
Lauren Thomas The lifting of a curling mist 71
Marion Oxley On a falling wall 71
Emma Smith Swans at Night 72
Lisa Falshaw Bone Cold 72
Mark Antony Owen Menfolk 73
Lisa Falshaw Divination of Stars 73
Rachel Deering The Quiet of an Owl’s Wing, February 74
Hoarfrost 74
Jane Lovell Glass Diva 75
Matthew M.C. Smith The Lord of Winter 76
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