Christmas-Winter edition 2022/23
Christmas-Winter edition 2022/23
Welcome to our Christmas and winter edition update page for our third annual volume. Please check here periodically for updates on our 2022/23 edition. Contributors are being added gradually.
Once again, we feature the stunning work of Gower artist, Emma Bissonnet, and the work of writers from across the world. The edition is being worked on by Matthew M. C. Smith (editor), Damien B. Donnelly and M.S. Evans (sub editors).
We are hoping to make this available for release in October or early November 2022. Please check out our last two editions, Vol 1 and Vol 2.
List of Contributors
*This list is being updated. Please contact Black Bough if you don't see your name on this if you have already been accepted on winterbough@outlook.com
Louise Mather Summoning
Louise Longson Dark Materials
Sarah Jane Crowson I will Show You
Andrew R. Williams Beside A Red Brick Rancher
Jen Feroze Salt
Ness Owen Fox Tread
Sarah Connor Rooks
Regine Ebner Saw teeth
Jane Dougherty Small deaths
Jonathan Braceras Becoming Blackbirds
Martin Potter Late Snowfall
Eileen Carney Hulme December Stilled
Ankh Spice By Turns
Rhiannon Oliver Snow Work
Iris Anne Lewis Mass in the Parish
Church
Angela Graham I betrayed you
Lisa Falshaw Lost year
Janet Laugharne Image of Christmas
Merril D. Smith Snow Maiden
Kathy Miles Snowman
Eilín de Paor Freeze Frame
Lucy Heuschen Holly
Elinor Ann Walker Last year’s tree
Mary Earnshaw On finding post-war wrapping-paper in the loft
Jon Miller Winter Sunlight
Tim Fellows Cutting
Jane Dougherty A Solstice Ago/ Le solstice passé
Elizabeth Kuelbs Solstice Thirst
Catherine Redford Oak Moon
Marie Studer Disbelief
Julian Brasington Maeni Hirion, Penmaenmawr
Coastal music
Jane Mackenzie Epiphany
Ceinwen Cariad Haydon Fresh Start
Sentient Company
Elizabeth Kemball Tradition
Alice Stainer How to Make a Christmas Wreath
Anthony Paticchio Turning Day
Moonstones
Rebecca Lowe Winter Solstice
Lucy Dixcart Selling Christmas Cards in London
Helianne Kallio January, a snapshot
Andy MacGregor The loch in winter
Denise Bennett January
Kim Russell Cailleach
Charlotte Oliver Winter Walk
Solstice
Ellie Rees Christmas Presents
Heather Brown Barrett My Great-Grandmother’s Doily Lies Forgotten
Ant Heald New Year’s Day
Feathered
Marcelle Newbold Deep Breath
Gerry Stewart Caught on the Threshold
Adrienne Stevenson Winter Festival
Sam Henley Smith Sugar Dust
Colin Hassard Rudolf’s Nose
Susanna Rich Losing the Light
Elizabeth Barton Splendor Solis
Celestial Traveller
Holly Peckitt Horeh
John Baalke Jade Stairs
Iris Anne Lewis Chepstow Wassail
Kate Dowling Pica Holarctic
Sue Finch Winter’s Threat
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Ocean of Faith
Prahlad
K. C. Bailey Freeze-frame
K.C. Bailey Winter Weeps
Ryan Gibbs winter journey
Larissa Reid Treasured
Boris Simonovski A denar for good fortune.
Еден Денар за Среќа и Бериќет
Gaynor Kane On the first morning back to work
after Christmas break
Mick Jenkinson Renewal
Lucy Dixcart Midwinter
Vicky Allen January
John Scarborough Self-portrait
Merril D. Smith Once on Christmas Eve
Miracles
Rhona Greene Little Crosses—Part II
Kathy Gee Watendlath Tarn
Julie Stevens Lost Snow
Toni Lotter Couplet
Angela Gardner The Bridge
Lesley Curwen Millers
Kim Mannix Morning, before anyone else
Eliza Bowen-Smyth Postprandial
Damien B. Donnelly Hand on the Headstone
Damien B. Donnelly Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris
Damien B. Donnelly Only for a Season
Sarah Connor Rooks
Geese
Roger Hare When it comes to birds
Katy Naylor Frost on the driveway
Victoria Punch The Cold is
Helen Openshaw The dialect of snew
Victoria Punch The Cold Is
Lynn Valentine The Year’s Turn
Richard Hawtree Frenze Church. Norfolk
Matt Gilbert Winter Shade
Daniel Gustaffson Untitled
Gillian Craig Winter Lullabies
Kerry Darbishire Powercut
Kyla Houbolt Winter Songs
Patricia Osborne Winter Comfort
Jen Feroze Thaw
Lexi Knott solstice to imbolc
Aaron Huw Williams Snowdrops
*This list is being updated. Please contact Black Bough if you don't see your name on this if you have already been accepted on winterbough@outlook.com