Effects on Nature
I walked alone beside a frozen pond
and searched to relish the first signs
of melt. But found an increase of
stubborn icicles; like glistening teeth,
their ragged smile.
With the magnet of my mind reckless
and pointed in a down position,
the air became amused at my quest.
A heckle of winds circled through
taunting trees in sudden laughter.
“Human-longing” has elongated
the winter cold…again.
How I wished to trade away
the chill for hot coffee, a strong
hand to hold, and the ghost of spring
with its colorful buds and sneaky thorns.
© 2023 Beverly M. Collins
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Beverly M. Collins, author of the books, Quiet Observations: Diary thought, Whimsy and Rhyme, and Mud in Magic. Her poems and short stories have appeared in publications based in the USA, England, Ireland, Australia, India, Berlin, Mauritius, and Canada both in print and online. Winner of a 2019 Naji Naaman Literary prize in Creativity (Lebanon). Collins, twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize and a prize winner for the California State Poetry Society, was born in Delaware, New Jersey raised and presently resides in Southern California. (USA).
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