Winter Watch Poems

Found a winter to hold, we two 
to share and not be so alone
with hearts devoted
kept away a world turned cold 
and hoped love grew,...

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velvet once the leaves 
once on the trees now falling 
to fall unto the
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bronze and golden lands 
ground colors of orange browns
 and tans...

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A man in a black overcoat walks into the night.
Under a street light a circle of autumn leaves 
shed their waning colors,
hues that reach just...

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(Tune of silent Night)
Beat in the night
I wake with fright 
The beat moves me 
children can’t see ;)
 Round supple virgin frisky and wild
Hips gliding...

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In the golden rays of early morning
I watch you rise, kicking to the sky
Off to dazzle elsewhere
Exchanging notes in the distance

Acutely aware of my limitations
I...

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It was just a small bird.
A traveler on a journey to...somewhere...

It perched on my garage roof;
watched my kitchen window for the longest time.

A feathery "sentry",...

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When I wash dishes
I look out at my bird feeder,
noticing which political species are best at cooperating,
easy democratic process,
remaining focused on collective nutritional energy gains,
"we're...

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The groundhog is about
his angelic business,
rescuing snow shadows
for his hedgerow shelter.

Winter babies are carried
in small wombs over stark ground.
They have eyes and mouths by now,
human...

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There were cloudless days 
Sunless days 
Without so much 
As a breeze in the air 

Days when the trees and flowers 
Slept 
As I watched...

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Watch the Snowflakes Fall

I am dazed					
As I stand beside my window
And watch the snowflakes fall.

I am struck
The sudden changes in the air
And beauty of it...

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Reindeer huff keeping secrets,
as Santa of Christmas rides on mood,
bearing gifts with pure release
through continents of night's sweet dream.
North Pole bells ringing with magic
a sack...

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Winter Watch

lonely fence post shudders in glittering
shroud beneath an artful gaze...
dueling owl and mouse


deborah burch©1.30.2013


Form:Kimo...

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We sat down at the kitchen table
Under an overhead light
And talked about my mother
My wife understood
I was the oldest, she said
Don’t wait for the others.

So...

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The world turns,
Changing every second,
With every whisper of the wind
Every movement of the sea,
Every song of the birds,
All the earth is in motion

Look at your...

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