Ikuyo Yoshimura
with clay sake cups we drink to our health long autumn night — Ikuyo Yoshimura
Martina Sylvia Khamphasith
New Year's Eve we open a new bottle hope — Martina Sylvia Khamphasith
Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
minus fifteen three snowmen sharing a vodka bottle — Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Diana Michel-Erne
I put stardust on the shopping list he brings back beer — Diana Michel-Erne
Olivier Schopfer
the pub waitress smiles at me . . . beer foam spilling over — Olivier Schopfer
Angie LaPaglia
shot glass upside down the bartender spills her guts to me — Angie LaPaglia
H. Curtis Dunlap
funeral procession — the town drunk tips his tattered hat — H. Curtis Dunlap
Frank Williams
evening drizzle sitting on the kerb a shadow drinking beer — Frank Williams
Gabriele Hartmann
two fingers wide the evening sun is sinking into scotch —Gabriele Hartmann