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Janey ...

Twigs hung with diamonds

in the frosty morning sun -

truly I am rich

Helen...

I tread gingerly -

An icy sheen on the road -

Pink sky, sparkling sun.

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Janey...

Dazzling white strikes blue

to my unaccustomed eyes -

sparkling sapphire world

Helen ...

Collies, damp cattle;

Cold river of black and white 

Flowing down the road.

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Janey 

The year crashes in -

rain and wind and sun. Meanwhile 

the robins and sparrows

Helen Hutchinson

Ice on the greenhouse -

I breathe in deep this New Year -

A tiny wren hops.

72 micro-seasons 65...

Janey ...

Once upon a time 

daffodils emerged in March, -

do you remember

Helen...

Christmas sunshine brings

Chattering walkers: bright streams

Of hats, scarves and dogs.

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Janey ...

The dark horizon,

watermelon sunset strewn 

so generously

Helen...

Silver sailboat moon

Setting out on her voyage 

Towards the morning

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Janey ...

Drifting white today

snowflakes in the cold north wind 

all my feathers fall

Helen  

Christmas tree is up!

Suddenly, bright blossoming 

of electric blooms.

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Janey...

Tawny toadstools and,

like cultivated mushrooms,

golf balls in the grass

Helen...

Streaks of sunset clouds

Make the bones of a huge wing.

I think of angels.