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Eleven Thoughts On the Eleventh Day

eleven thoughts on the eleventh day.

January
white crunch blankets 
bare bones clack
as wolfwinds wander.

sun
absentee landlord
mummified in clouds
sheds white lint.

snow angels
line our street
wearing little  children feet.

now begins
time stilled days
stretching into distant Spring.

sound cuts the air
shattering
ice filled thought

children, 
exotic birds
flit down our road
colour darting
over a blank page

bird song
welcome life 
on muffled
windless days

2a.m.revelers
weekend nomads
roar through 
my hibernation
sleepus interruptus
damn.

nature must be dreaming
lust filled moments
she moans and whimpers
roars and sighs
through  January skies.


old ash tree
felled by gusts 
of September
you are welcome 
on my hearth.

woolen socks 
for your itch
I thank you
on my January toes.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 8/23/2017 7:44:00 AM
And on the twelfth day she rested:-) The title grabbed me this morning. The way your mind meanders is a delight, even through bleary eyes. This is of the "pick a favorite verse" variety. Tough job. "Sleepus interruptus" is off the charts! Last two are knocking on hall of fame. Dang, even though it covers my least favorite time of year — winter — this one warmed me cockles. ~ j
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Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/23/2017 8:23:00 AM
Winter is no longer even tolerable for me. I have thoughts that renew my love of it for there are some beautiful and some terrifying moments. Never halfway. Thank you John for braveing winter to read my poem.

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