Garden Ship

The Winter is enamel;
buckets of cold,
sodden pots of late growth.

Snow ship.
Trees taut with
tackle of frost.

Earth hard as
the white sea,
adrift and lost

between seasons
made of ice and sorts
of rain, not falling,

not sailing.
Dull and still
as December.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Allison Avatar
February 1, 2015 at 12:11 PM
Such beautiful vivid description throughout the poem - winter is enamel -such a wonderful metaphor - I agree cold and hard but also shining with snow and frost:-) a 7 from me:-) Hugs jan xxx
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