Thank you, Doug, for this warming confirmation. I appreciate your response!
Sheila
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> The hushed white beauty of the poem calms, for sure, Sheila.
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> Swoosh as silent...
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> Doug
> On Dec 11, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > As hushed white calms the street,
> > a thin smoke signature shifts blank sky.
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> > Within the home, warm settles the ideas
> > mainly horizontal, filling the small space.
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> > One who has been heard is listening
> > to another who releases gentle speech.
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> > A crayon against a square of cardboard
> > finishes the final leaf of autumn .
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> > As afternoon melds into dusk, snow
> > threads show in corner light, turn plush on ground.
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> > Sheila E. Murphy
> >
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> Swept snow, Li Po,
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> to the road that hies to office
> away from home.
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