
petalled, leafed and bare,
together through the long years
branches twined
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petalled, leafed and bare,
together through the long years
branches twined
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trembling magnolias
feeling the cold wind’s touch
each petal shivers
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orchestra of color
before the first flower blooms —
a rainbow of chairs
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after snowmelt,
the first flowers have
a special magic
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dry leaves flutter
like withered cherry petals,
painful longing
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how I miss spring’s
dazzle and swirling petals
of lilacs and pears;
this wet July brings to mind
those cool, delicious days
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hidden underfoot
in winter’s withered debris,
one perfect bloom
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Despite hurricane,
snowfall, driving rain,
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through barren trees,
light shines
the strongest
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Snowdrops appear;
Robin Redbreast
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under the dank pond,
below its winter wasteland,
slumber turtles
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when the weight carried
presses me into the ground
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