A bit of nature’s sculpture
out in the northern woods
a solitary beech leaf
brown and curled around the stem
defying the winter cold and ice
on display against a field of white
and a sky of blue
in the clear crisp air
2/25/06 20:45
North Conway, NH, January, 1999
(Raymond A. Foss)
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