Slip-sliding
Sun stretches long slender fingers
low past bole and canopy,
grasps the edges of our house
and enters forcibly,
suspending couch, table, jade
in slow amber shade.

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The Smell of Snow
PoesiaFrom my home on a tiny island, I smell snow as it begins to fall on the mountains across Baynes Sound. A smell that goes directly up your nostrils with a slight hint of metal or ozone, a bit like refrigerant. And of course I love to confirm my sense...