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Winter Vine

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in the barren days of winter
a leafless vine 
wraps herself into his arms
wildly and calling
climbing his walls and trellises
as snow and ice overhang
white on white
creepers on creepers
evergreen possessing his face
with ivy
clinging closer
invasive and resolute
destroying other suitors in his garden bed
the friction of weather is cold but hot
… yearning to spring


connie pachecho

2/22/25

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Connie Pachecho

Date: 3/16/2025 5:36:00 AM

... evergreen possessing his face (meaning-his walls and trellises) and wildly climbing, spreading willfully, and destroying other suitors (other plants) in his path and yearning to spring (play on words)

Connie Pachecho
Date: 3/16/2025 8:22:00 AM

there are some poems that start off as giggles and this may be one of them, but when I go over the poem ... I say, wow, this poem isn't bad at all. A scratch here, a scratch there ... viola ... more giggles. Oh Connie, you're so funny