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A Tree Prepares for Winter

A tree prepares for whistling winds shedding her leaves, exposing her limbs Naked then in the shivering cold bark unchanged from summer’s whims Icy arrows pierce her trunk clumps of snow gather there Would that Heaven sew her a coat to watch her freeze ~ no man can bear

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Date: 9/12/2024 7:53:00 AM
Love your winter poetry Gershon it is beautiful!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/12/2024 7:39:00 PM
Appreciate the enthusiasm, Karen!
Date: 9/10/2024 9:57:00 AM
Love your Winter metaphor! Someone give her a coat…
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/12/2024 7:40:00 PM
-- and not a coat of paint, either!
Date: 9/10/2024 7:46:00 AM
Great poetry, my friend! Brrr! That is supposedly why Heaven also created man, to care for, manage and protect. Maybe I got Husbandry wrong? Give a tree a hug, our new world movement. Are there as many people as trees? Brrr!
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Date: 9/10/2024 6:06:00 AM
OK, OK, so I'll crochet a shawl for the old red maple....
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/12/2024 7:41:00 PM
OK. OK. I'll stick to my loom. ~ Warp and Wolf
Date: 9/10/2024 3:17:00 AM
Like the imagery Gershon...painted to perfection and annointed with feeling.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/12/2024 7:41:00 PM
Appreciate your comment and the encouragement, Paul.
Date: 9/9/2024 9:53:00 PM
I can feel the winter chill Gershon brrrr. Tom. Check out the link below.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/9/2024 11:50:00 PM
If you can feel the chill, I just hope you don't get ill!! Bring back Spring! ~ gw
Date: 9/9/2024 9:52:00 PM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_friend_gershon_1672044#gt
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/9/2024 11:50:00 PM
Thank you for the heads-up, Tom. Appreciated. :) gw

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