The Winter Snows

Planting words inside my garden,
  watering them at will

Staking memories long forgotten,
  feelings cold and shrill

Row by row the letters planted,
  phrases start to grow

Whose cool fall day a harvest brings
  —to feed the winter snows

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Gauthier Avatar
April 15, 2019 at 11:17 AM
Awesome imagery, Kurt. A FAVE for me.
Behm Avatar
April 15, 2019 at 11:49 AM
Thanks so much!
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