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Fraiku: Winter Night
Shooting star spits across the skyignored by the pine treesglazed with ice
Winter Begins
Winter Begins We’re all in trouble if the Sunkeeps sinking earlier and rising later No thaw in the Earth— no planting in springno harvest in autumn just a night with no dawn Snow piles higher— rivers freeze to their bedsand … Continue reading
They Called Me Cardie
because of my bright red parka and black ski mask a chubby shadow engraved in the snow while my sled sped downhill alone (for the Living Poetry Visual Prompt and Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt.)
Late Winter Thaw
We shed our heavy coats on sunny days above freezing Forget last autumn’s shivering in parkas at the same temperature Recipe for another variant still a month from the equinox yet behaving like it’s all over (For Sammi Cox’s Weekend … Continue reading
Fraiku: More Snow Tonight
Listen to the snowFill these woods at nightWhile old trees shrug
A Thursday Morning in Winter
The cars on my street were spray-painted whiteby that famous vandal, Jack Frost. The hungover sunoffers no warmth. I should remove the crystalline dewfrom my windshield but I must’ve walked widdershinsaround the bar— lost my scraper and glove. This credit … Continue reading
The Rhythm of Melting Snow
If I close my eyesand face the sunI can almost rememberspring
Fraiku: Winter Walk
Frozen footfalls crunchBundled like an astronautIgnored by the sun
Fraiku: January Tree
Bare branches shiverunder winter starslike a hand without a glove
A Good Winter Night
A Good Winter Night Unlike the impatient dawnwhich erupts upon the worldlike a chocolate covered cherry Sunset eases graceful silentand welcoming as an old bookby a fireplace in winter Sink into this well-worn couchput your feet in my laplet me … Continue reading