Winter’s Scythe — A Poem

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“Wind in Clouds” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Scythe of Winter —

wind that lashes,

scours,

cleans;

sweeps the path

clear

of excess;

prepares space

for tender,

new

growth.

— C.Birde, 2/17

All Winter in a Day — Images

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“Winter Landsape” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Winter arrived —

fashionably late —

and spread her

glittering,

white-trimmed mantle

without haste,

so all observing

might recall,

in awe,

her beauty.

— C.Birde, 2/17

 

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“Blue Jay Snow Angel” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Shadows — A Poem

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“Shadow” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Whether kind

or cruel,

helpful

or hindrance,

generous

or self-serving,

compassionate

or hard-hearted,

Whether we include

or isolate,

build bridges

or erect walls,

We experience mortality

in union

with all

creatures.

And the shadows

we cast

betray

our

actions.

— C.Birde, 2/17

 

 

Yesterday — A Poem

 

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“Oak & Snow” — C.Birde, 1/17

Yesterday,

it snowed —

one inch,

two,

of thick white

flakes

so softly laid.

Yet today,

the blades

of fallow grass

thrust

through.

— C.Birde, 2/17

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“Fallow” — C.Birde, 1/17

 

 

Occluded Eye — A Poem

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“Sun, Occluded” — C.Birde, 1/17

Bleary smudge of sun…

Pale

occluded eye

caught

within the

Winter sky’s

expanse

and —

blinking —

hints

at all

to come.

— C.Birde, 1/17