A Christmas Canzonette

This Christmas Canzonette is a 'Linnet's Wings' collection of poetry and art compiled by our editors from a selection that was composed and created by a plethora of lovely voices. It's our way of saying thanks for all our blessings in 2021; a way to close down the year as we prepare to welcome a new one through.

I am grateful to all our poets, artists and editors who gave freely of their time through the upload and editing process, and especially to Tom Sheehan who allowed us to feature his work for the issue and who also agreed to an interview in the issue.

Tom has a lifetime lived, a lifetime of work and passion for his craft and we appreciate the time he spends with us. I hope you enjoy "The Linnet's Wings" presentation and I would like to wish you all the best of what this season of light, love, and grace has to offer.

Marie Fitzpatrick
Managing Editor

Below please find our contributor listing with a small selection of poetry quotes and art titles which can be found within the issue:

Featured Poet
Tom Sheehan "Time is merely circular and I catch myself and it coming together by degrees and by handful, by handful, old faces left for my finding at oddest hours."

Poetry
Akeith Walters: "It's just a glance, though, reflected in glass"
Anne Donnellan: "When my unborn issue was death destined"
Bill West: "Ice stretched/before us/starry with bird tracks"
C.D. Sinex: "They've taken down the Christmas trees/and no one waits for Santa's lap."
Dennis Moriarty: " Plump as a Buddha in the lotus position/ On a temple floor.
Irene Cunningham: "Money snows, rains...dies. Humans lust"
Jane Fuller: "There's a vixen/patrolling her/last minute larder"
Jenni Pascoe: "Join us for your no frills, extra value Christmas dinner"
Jo-Ann Newton: "Across avocado woodchip/Rudolf pulled Santa through our living room"
John C. Mannone: "the bridge that stood the test of shame/the bridge of blood"
Judith A. Lawrence: "In dreams you slide into view/ tip your hat, wink and soft shoe"
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson: "A white squirrel chattered, /flicked his tail and ran"
KB Ballentine: "I sowed them in September's charm/serenaded the bride"
Keith Evetts: "I am a child of May blossom/ blown away sunshine"
Mandy Macdonald: "on the windowsill/the last begonia falls"
Marie Fitzpatrick" "In seasons set in common riffs, / where fertile clouds rework the shifts"
Marion Clarke: "cold snap/a robin flicks snow/from its tail"
Michael Wooff: "The shutter of its camera clicks"
Nick Bowman: "Ranks of paleness spotted with russet, /dense nutmeg"
Noel King: "Your pheasants were never eaten, / hung like trophies"
Oonah V Joslin: "smear of cream, glass of wine/ complete contentment"
Rp Verlaine: "As a rock club's carolers /impersonate "
Terry Jude Miller: "it never snows here/until it does/we awake to a satin world"
Tina Cole: "Ease off wellingtons while the bare arms/of trees shed Winter blossom"

Art
Andrea Castilla: Section Introduction: "Lola and her Friends"
Caolan Clarke: "Moonlight on the City"
Dr Suzanne Conboy-Hill: "The Speed of Things"
Irene Cunningham: "Sounding the Alarm"
Judith A. Lawrence: "Cat in the Hat"
Lisa Cihlar: "Winter Blues"
Maire Morrisey-Cummins: "Shadows on Snow"
Mari: "Soft Shoe"
Marion Clarke: "Coastal Redwoods"
Taryn Clarke: "The Winter Visitor"

Photography
Marie Fitzpatrick: " The Twelve Bens"
Oonah Joslin: " Bolam Lake"
Sean Fitzpatrick: "Swan Family on Christmas Morning"

Classic Art
Berthe Morisot: "Little Dancer"
Edgar Degas: "Millinery Shop"
Hiroshige: "Wind Blown Grass Across the Moon"
Peter Brugel the Elder: " Hunters in the Snow"
Vincent van Gogh: "Covered Cottages, a Couple with a Child, and Other Walkers"