snow and bitter wind--

rush inside, remove coat--

and note the fly

the clear night conjures
iced white washed fields

the dog growling
children creep past to school
mothers slip on ice

finally

finally, I decided
not to negotiate the ice clefts
but to lounge
chez moi and occasionally
look out the window
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..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris

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new year's eve
no cicadas fill the night
but oh, the fireworks

buddleia flowers
outlined in fresh snow
muffled footsteps

New Year's night -
the full moon above
a bus stop


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nuit de l'An -
la pleine lune au-dessus
d'un arrêt de bus

New Year Resolution

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Blue Moon
I’m too much in love to have
a one-sided conversation

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misted in white
the sky bleeds into the ground
a wagtail sings

(photo copyright © Jason Wright http://jasestu.deviantart.com)

the sound of deep winter no sound

the frost still gleams
on a red Nissan
bare twigs of broom

moon swollen river
swallows field, footpath and
crust of blue frost

Photo River Flit by Moonlight by ellukrm

A decade begins
with a bang
and a silent morning

WITH MY BEST WISHES FOR 2010

O snowflakes

O snowflakes,
as you fall to cover
the ground,
do you dream
do you skirt, on purpose, ugly spots
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..Copyright 2009 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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sharp frost
sparkling in the morning sun
two magpies

snow falls around
a dead fox in the gutter
its fur steaming

under a blue moon
we walk a milk white path
beside the river

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Blue Moon
owners invite me to gatecash
their new year party

Anyone watch the Blue Moon tonight?
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