icy rain falls,
sleet pings and taps
but can’t darken
an evergreen heart
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icy rain falls,
sleet pings and taps
but can’t darken
an evergreen heart
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a delicious layer
of elusive snow,
a shiver of excitement
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roaring, white water
churns with the golden soil
of my fears
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Winter’s white sleeves
and icy tresses
are absent
this warm winter.
Unexpectedly,
I miss them.
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starry petals,
snow foreshadowed
their fall
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snow doesn’t stick
buds burst, robins return
it’s spring
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Under the snow
that falls today,
are blooms that
smell like blue sky
and sunshine.
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snow flies
tingles but doesn’t bite,
winter’s waning
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silent snowfall
the weight of water,
heavy as thought
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bittersweet spring,
winter has overstayed
cold silence
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the forest’s green heart
taps an icy morse code,
calling the sun
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Thanks to Tabatha Yeatts, who channeled winter and the White Witch in her summer postcard swap. She sent me a poetic mashup of fairy tale, Narnia and politics. Continue reading