ecstatic grandchild
visiting from Florida
--an Arkansas snow
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sunny winter day
dust on the dark wood
of the rocking chair
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she "cut back" this year
baking only twenty
fruitcaakes
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wrapped in your
Christmas-gift shawl
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the bare gingko tree
its golden leaves allowed
to be undisturbed
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post-Christmas snowstorm
the sound of generators
all around
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lumberjack bolting
from Christmas celebration
a second ice storm
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c 2023 PL dba lovepat press, Benton Arkansas USA
