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Arlene Gay Levine


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Such beauty lives in a December garden
Frozen raindrops cling like stars to dusky leaves
Branches nod in the wind, agreeing
with the whispers of fall's final breath
A solitary sparrow, unimpeded by autumn's
screaming jays, makes his monkish meal

chirps a benediction under the steeple of sky
sheltering this gray velvet world
waiting for
sleep


 
© by Arlene Gay Levine.
Used with the author's permission.

 



Arlene Gay Levine is an award-winning poet, author, and educator who lives with her husband in New York City. The author of 39 Ways to Open Your Heart: An Illuminated Meditation (Conari Press) and Movie Life (Finishing Line Press), her poetry and prose have found a home in The New York Times, numerous anthologies and journals, an Off-Broadway show, a CD, and radio programs. Arlene has served as a judge for the Illinois State and Virginia State Poetry Society Contests, and is the creator/facilitator of Logos Therapy™, a transformational writing process. Learn more about her at http://www.arlenegaylevine.com.

    

 

 


Post New Comment:
Arlene Gay Levine:
My thanks for your thoughtful and kind comments!
Posted 12/15/2020 08:59 PM
Janet Leahy:
Wonderful language enhances a beautiful poem.
Posted 12/15/2020 07:43 PM
Anastasia:
The "solitary sparrow" as a monk is magical!
Posted 12/15/2020 02:52 PM
Corgicottage:
There is beauty in winter, and this poem expresses it wonderfully. Thank you.
Posted 12/15/2020 12:44 PM
michael escoubas:
Finding beauty where few others could . . . the work of excellent poets. Thank you, Arlene.
Posted 12/15/2020 11:46 AM
Ronaccount:
Thank you. Vivid images and great music in this short piece.
Posted 12/15/2020 09:06 AM
Larry Schug:
This poem--just right.
Posted 12/15/2020 07:41 AM
Sharon Waller Knutson:
Loved how this poet found beauty in drabness like frozen raindrops, steeple of sky and gray velvet world.
Posted 12/15/2020 07:24 AM


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