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WSR Poetry Corner: ‘December’s Ode to Withered Flowers’

December 5, 2022 | 9:03 AM
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Photographs by Mildred Alpern.

“December’s Ode to Withered Flowers”
By Mildred Alpern

December pulls no punches
It tells it to you straight
That winter is for dormancy
A quiet, silent wait

Gone your leaves and colored blooms
Remaining are your seeds
Bound to gauzy flossy threads
Waiting for a breeze

Oh, scruffy fluffy seeded balls
Wispy dusters too
Shake your strands and lift aloft
The wind will carry you

To a new and different spot
Where nascent seeds will grow
The winter brings sweet dreams and rest
Till springtime zephyrs blow

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Lynas
Lynas
1 month ago

OMG! a poem that rhymes and that I can understand without too much trouble. Thanks.

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Wijmlet
Wijmlet
1 month ago

One of the better poems cum illustrations here.

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Elisabeth Jakab
Elisabeth Jakab
1 month ago

Thank you. The poem was lovely.

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maude geller
maude geller
1 month ago

What a wonderful poem! Thank you.

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