A Harsh Melody

WINTER’S SONG Like a crazed banshee, the bitter wind moaned, while snow coated limbs until the trees groaned, branches thrashed windows in cacophony – a harsh melody that winter intoned. 9/8/94 Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck

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A Harsh melody

             WINTER’S SONG   Like a crazed banshee, the bitter wind moaned, while snow coated limbs until the trees groaned,           branches thrashed windows in cacophony – a harsh melody that winter intoned.   9/8/94                        Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck

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Ermine beauty is everywhere

NATURE’S FICKLE GAME It seemed the wind had little mercy, and in its bitterness it howled and moaned like a crazed banshee; twisting and tearing at the trees until it ripped limbs from their sockets, tossing them to the frozen ground; Then in a sudden mood change, from tantrum to passivity, the wind ceased, replaced [...]

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Another wintery Haiku

              HAIKU     Icy wanton winds        spanking the last stubborn leaves             to loosen their grip     3/14/90              Phyllis 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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That time of year again

            WINTER   Fierce wind is harsh upon the land . . . . new snow is cold and deep, the willows sway and weep. September’s passed the torch, as planned . . . . frost atop frozen ground, as earth sleeps without sound, for winter now assumes command.   9/9/04         Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck

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