Prayer Bones by Ian William Douglas
“The nights were fathomless; the wind, the low hills / Dwindling. The unforgiving light was your own.” — Ian William Douglas
That Are by Sandra Lim
“So when I say stupid, I simply offer meaninglessness. / And when I say trilling, I only mean a leaving off of past sound.“ — Sandra Lim
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
“What did I know, what did I know / of love’s austere and lonely offices?” — Robert Hayden
Heaven is Us Being a Flower Together by Max Ritvo
“You think death comes at the cessation of touch. / You are a flower bulb / which can feel even in the winter earth” — Max Ritvo
Light: Winter by Inger Christensen
"the hour of birth in the ice of death / winter is out for a lot." – Inger Christensen
Snow by Philip Levine
"It is as though the tears of all / the lost souls rose to heaven / and were finally heard and blessed / with substance and the power of flight" — Philip Levine
Ten Degrees by Tom Chandler
"how beautiful / this world too cold to criticize itself;" — Tom Chandler