Category Archives: snow

Window

He came to the window beside me rubbing his tough hands on a red rag. “That’s a neat pattern of shadows on the snow,” I said, feeling poetic: “long parallel blue lines.” He stood, thoughtful, wary, perhaps of connecting to … Continue reading

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After snowblowing

Rounded mounds of salt bruised snow fill my yard Clearing out a winter storm is not so hard Used to be after snow I’d man the tools Shovel and scoop and treat my back somewhat cruelly Now I have an … Continue reading

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at the border

The customs officer is bored and in a hurry fog and scattered snowflakes fill the empty sky the woods the road he sends us through hardly looking at us My wife releases her grip the receipts passport justifications flutter to … Continue reading

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