Goodbye to January

"Alas--picked too early"

The forced
daffodil bud
used so much energy
opening that it was merely
a shell.
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"Good Vocal Lesson"

The bird--
a mockingbird,
the lone decoration
on the walnut tree--"lifted" as
it sang.
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"Inside, spring"

Picking
four more early
jonquil buds before sleet
arrives, I add them to the three
blooming.
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four homes in a row
each with a different type fence
between them
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ritzy neighborhood
in mid-January, still two
pumpkins on one porch
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