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The New Year Is

A fresh venture; White snow-clad earth and downhill sleighing; A snow couple graces the yard; twig-hand in twig-hand, They watch the world pass by. Winter’s flesh-cutting bite is, healed by hot cocoa with ginger and Cinnamon; It’s scent permeating the house. Digging out will not happen today; Everyone’s got a vacation. I do love snow days, especially ones when Sun stops by to remove the snow for me. January paints her annual landscapes in colors of jubilant laughter; it doesn’t dull her pride to teach us that, There’s a time for work and play.

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Date: 1/2/2019 7:58:00 PM
January's a great teacher alright, although I myself can do without her lessons at this point in life. It's nice that you can enjoy them...Seems to me there's a nice acrostic in this poem. You might want to check out Michelle Faulkner's "January" poetry contest... :) gw
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M. L. Kiser
Date: 1/2/2019 8:22:00 PM
Thanks again. Actually I enjoy seeing the kids in the neighborhood having all of that fun, as I'm getting up there a bit. Still, it brings back so many memories of better days. I thought about doing an Acrostic but it came out in free verse better. I'm not sure why.

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