Not cold enough (Day 1089)

Cold  but not cold enough

neither fall nor spring

sparse and gray 

the leafless trees glow blue 

on distant hills  where 

the sun’s last rose-gold rays 

gild a scalloped ridge

Not cold enough  but cold

neither wintery nor warm 

a hairline break

in January’s icy shell  and 

in the woods 

small creatures stir 

and on the branches: buds

Cold  but not cold enough

though glowing clouds 

portend a coming storm

and snow will swirl

and silence fall 

for weeks or months  until

the days lengthen again

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