A January Night

Full moon
woodsmoke


winter air
deeply cold


and altogether

still

       but for

 

the sudden
stirrings of


irrepressible
gratitude





Poetry by Thomas DeFreitas The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2019-01-23 at 08:59

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2019-03-06


Bibek
Hopeful and affecting. Unlike the one I wrote!
2019-01-27


Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Brilliant. Nothing beats irrepressible gratitude.
2019-01-26


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Lovely, with a fine economy of words!
2019-01-26


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
A cold January night lends itself to distillation. This is a fine brandy of a poem.
2019-01-23


Mick Bean
Nice
2019-01-23