Leaves

HAIKU
Leaves torched with colors
of flaming scarlet and gold
wear frosty white wraps
3/14/90 Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck

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A cinquain for Saturday

       MARCH’S TANTRUMS     
 
 
 
March has
    nasty tantrums
       with frost nipping the heels
            of April’s plan for warm days and
                new growth.
 
 
9/5/01             Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck

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What does January do?

JANUARY’S NIGHTMARES
 
January shares her nightmares,
so the clouds sometimes weep
in her long winter sleep.
She torments everything she dares,
with crystal sleet and snows,
as her cruel north wind blows,
with frost etchings that winter wears..
                                               
9/3//01      Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck

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A Haiku for north’s bitter winter

HAIKU
 
 
North’s bitter cold breath
 
     frost-feathers etch window panes
 
          earth sleeps in cold robes
 
 
8/28/01             Phyllis VanVleck

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Memories of Christmas Past

    CHRISTMAS PAST
 
If I could journey back in time
To Christmas of my past,
I’d gather up the happiness
And hold it very fast.
 
We didn’t have a lot back then,
But we were unaware
That others had more than us,
For we had much to share.
 
Each Christmas was a busy time
With many things to do,
And I look back in fondness,
Remembering just [...]

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A Haiku for the light snows we are getting.

                 HAIKU
 
 
Muted earth colors
 
     wearing frosty ermine robes
 
          after a snowfall
 
 
3/18/90          Phyllis VanVleck

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