wintertide

 

“He withers all in silence, and in his hand

unclothes the earth and freezes up frail life.”

 

~ William Blake ~

 

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long hard cold dark lonely winter

 

“Blow, blow, thou Winter Wind,

Thou art not so unkind, as Man’s Ingratitude…”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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ROSES MORTES

 

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses,

just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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WITHERS

 

“It will not always be summer; build barns.”

 

~ Hesiod ~

 

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HER BRIGHT EMBRACE

 

“Landlords, like all other men,

love to reap where they never sowed.”

 

~ Karl Marx ~

 

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MEMORIES

 

“The days are short, the sun a spark

hung thin between the dark and dark.”

 

~ John Updike ~

 

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LAST LEAF

 

“No one but Night, with tears on her dark face,

watches beside me in this windy place.”

 

~ Edna St. Vincent Millay ~

 

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TÊTE-À-TÊTES

 

“L’automne est le silence avant l’hiver.”

“Autumn is the hush before winter.”

 

~ French Proverb ~

 

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THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

“The world is tired, the year is old,

the faded leaves are glad to die…”

 

~ Sara Teasdale ~

 

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THE LAST LEAF

 

“Autumn is the hush before winter.”

 

~ French Proverb ~

 

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THE LAST BUTTERFLY

 

“We are like butterflies who flutter

  for a day and think it is forever.”

 

~ Carl Sagan ~

 

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THE WAITING GAME

 

“Dreaming is happiness. Waiting is life.”

 

~ Victor Hugo ~

 

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THE DEATH OF A ROSE

 

“When I have plucked the rose,

I cannot give it vital growth again,

it needs must wither.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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FIRST BREATH

“Love is the eternal first breath.”

~ Vanna Bonta ~

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SAFE HARBOUR

 

“When traversing the vast sea of loneliness,

Oneness is the only true safe harbor.”

 

~ Gary Hopkins ~

 

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POET TREE

 

“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.”

 

~ Jean Cocteau ~

 

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SAME OL’ MOON

 

“Lend me thy pen to write a word in the moonlight…”

 

~ from a French folk song ~

 

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DISROBED

 

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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SEASON OF SILENCE

 

“I said nothing for a time,

just ran my fingertips along the edge

of the human-shaped emptiness

that had been left inside me.”

 

~ Haruki Murakami ~

 

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SEASON OF FRIENDSHIP

 

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”

 

~ Josh Billings ~

 

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