Icy Green Heart

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the forest’s green heart
taps an icy morse code,
calling the sun

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Postcard Power

 

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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

Old Hat

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Snow is old hat.
We’re ready for a new topper,
a cold stopper: Continue reading

Star Swords

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Gathering in the sky
are low, heavy mists:
snow clouds shaped
by Zeus and Thor. Continue reading

Winter Accumulation

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Accumulation of flakes,
millions of unique crystals soften and transform. Continue reading

Blue Spruce

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all about town
blue spruces weighed down
heavy bridal gowns Continue reading

Knee Deep

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Knee deep in cold white,
wet pant legs an icy fright,  Continue reading

Lavender Longing

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lavender longing
thin blue shadows on white snow
remembering bees

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Thief of Dreams

Gate shadows on snow

Thief of dreams,
rambler in blizzard white,
shadow on virgin snow,

Old Man Winter,
tell a tale this cold night
before you go. Continue reading

Mary Oliver Reminds Me

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Bound by the shared weight of winter,
the empty bird feeder and I
let down our neighbors, as our emptiness
lets in the cold, the sleet and the
wet indifference of early snowfall.
Where is our divinity, our seed,
our stored warmth and harvest? Continue reading

Snowflakes are White

Red Rose leaves against a snowy lawn

Roses are red,
snowflakes are white.
The first snowflake,
like a crystal kite,
dances and drifts
in silver sunlight. Continue reading

Time to Fold

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The first sparkling flakes
zip, zig and zag before landing
with soft velvet slippers
atop the last pink flowers,
a’drowse in the fading light. Continue reading