Blizzards frost a meadow over
as snow stifles Gaea’s clover,
but in the light, a blending birch
displays the cardinal on its perch,
the crow of hope whose omens spur
the coming warmth to never err—
its stature humbly marks its plan,
though not unlike a holy man.
Morgan Flodman, 16. Massachusetts, USA.
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