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Frosty colors
fall like snow
through trees —
precipitations of sun
filling the tangle
of briar and wood.
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A lone sprite sings
her winter song
as doves wing overhead,
their tail feathers spread
to polish the lens
of the sky.
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(c) 1996, 2019 Betty Hayes Albright
.(Re-posted from 2011, revised.)
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Happy Winter Solstice!! 🌲 🌞 🌲
(And to our friends south of the equator a Happy Summer Solstice! 😎 )
Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season!