#Winter #Poetry #Spokane It is so hot I thought I would share some poems from winter. #Enjoy the green grass on this side of the fence! Summer Rocks
LAST COUGH
I witness and embrace the last throws of winter
This strong, long season that will not go gently
Into the good light of spring
Which clings and clutches
With crystal paws
And icy claws
Freezing the hopeful buds
Nurturing to full blown
Diseases of respiration
And so in celebration
Of season tenacious and old
I cough and cough and struggle to breath
My cheer a rasp
A screaming full throated whisper
“All hail Winter
Long live the king of Colds”
Frankie Valinda Ghee
Casualties of Winter
With the spring came sunshine
And rain
April brought a brand new wrinkle
And grayer hair
I started a new workout routine
And lost a friend
Summer was a furnace
The grass turned deeper green
And the neighbors kept watering
And mowing
I started wondering
“Why are we here?”
Autumn was dingy
And brilliant
Vibrant colors that told of death
Box Elder bugs came into the house
I made plans
I was going to “fix me”
But as it got colder
And colder
The snow fell, pointless and clean
All my plans
Wonderings
And routines
Became ice
In the stillness
In the thundering warmth
Of my space heater
Everything died
And left me open minded
Frankie Valinda Ghee
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