RELUCTANT SEASON

As if loath to settle in here this year

winter, after many false starts, finally

came in earnest last night, stealing through

the darkness like a thief, swallowing warmth

left lurking from an autumn that had out-stayed

its welcome, true winter brought wind-chill

temperatures and snow with a bite.

S.E.Ingraham

Day 16

ART GALLERY

On the wall we hang art from friends

and acquaintances, all of it brilliant - some

of straight-forward, beautiful; some of it

enigmatic, challenging, difficult to understand

and all the more beautiful because of that ...

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FORMS

Drafts of poems - lines and words,

scribbles of ink, dribbled across

scraps of paper drift across

the table ... examples of work

done, and still to be done, in

this business of poetry.

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LINING UP

The airport line-up snakes around

the velvet ropes; all sizes, shapes and ages

of traveller trying to maintain their cool

as yet another delay is called to a long-over-due

trip.

S.E.Ingraham

Day 13

RAINBOW HOUSES

In a show we watched about St.John's

the camera kept panning the streets

and I remembered all the different coloured

houses there; how paint that doesn't sell

elsewhere in the country gets sent to

that far eastern province (at least that's

the story)and so a mustard house stands

next to an emerald green one that's next

to a violet one and so on - it's made even

more remarkable when contrasted with

the typically grey skies overhead.

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Day 12

MAUVE MAGIC

Tucked in the corner of the desk-mat

a photo of mauve flea-bane, so cheerful

with their velvety button centres; in this

unusually warm winter, they look as if I

might have picked them just yesterday.

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Day 11

FORTUNE COOKIE?

My Chinese scroll calendar is brightly festooned

with animals of the Asian zodiac; I like how

we're romping into 2012 with a chubby pink ox,

a lime dragon, and an unusually festive mauve rat.

S.E.Ingraham©

Day 7