Party Favors
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Silently unfurling
Sunshine and warmth for breath
Celebrating the dormant cold
Quietly and alone
Like me as snowflakes and
Mercury tumble down around.
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Dichotomy
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When hardwoods yellow
people who care celebrate
softwoods yellowing concern
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Winter Woods
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They’re wondering about the shine out there
Mourning the fall on this frosty morning
Bare gray branches are more than they can bear
Warning us winter came without warning
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No other season questions what you know
Wait while dormant branches support snow’s weight
So strong as below acorns gray squirrels sow
Ate one, shared one, then buried the next eight
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I know winter’s magic astounds the eye
Piece of the woods covered in snow brings peace
Sky blue birds migrate past in the blue sky
Geese in their way in the v-shape of geese
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Right now’s so stunning makes me want to write
Site’s so lovely it really is a site
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(A Shadow Sonnet)