Coldwater Creek

Life in the Wilderness

Featured in the Poetry Newsletter dated: 18 FEB 2025

Tell me a story of
Coldwater Creek.
Ice on the windows,
Chill in the bones -
And embers smolder
In the hearth for all.

Circle of Life begins anew,
Daffodils poke out from hardened ground.
Rain sluices over the bones,
And the kindling teases -
The hearth for all.

Young cubs emerge from hiding
Eagles guard the nest
Mist on the bones
Coals now tender the flames
Over the hearth for all.

Cast iron pot filled with stew
Percolator on the wind
Mesquite to season
Gloves wrapped the bones
Tending the hearth for all.

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FEB 2025