Best Woodsmoke Poems

My long-lost winter is here
Even if it has not snowed,
For by and by, woodsmoke is near
Drifting slow across the road

A most distinctive scent
It carries to the nose,
Up, up a chimney vent
Where a fireplace glows

Quite pleasant, yet strong
This scent I do remember,
Though it lasts not long
From...

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Woodsmoke, Laughter, and Warmth

Sunlight slanting through pines,
the creak's cold whisper,
a child's echo of laughter.
Bare feet on smooth stones, slick with moss.
Ankle-deep in melted snow, a shiver on the skin.
The taste of distant winter, sharp and clean.
Splintered light on the water's surface,
a fleeting mirror of a...

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