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cold rain at Christmas

December 21, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 3 Comments

simple christmas tree

Cold rain

falls in sheets

coating

city sidewalks.

Everyone

sleeps late—

kids, husband.

Even the dogs

nestle

beside me.

Four days

til Christmas.

talya

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    December 21, 2013 at 7:23 am

    Lovely! May the sun shine for all of us on Christmas day.

    Reply
  2. Joyce Lansky says

    December 22, 2013 at 8:32 am

    Nice.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Bryan Jones says

    December 22, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    Very Fitting! Fun too!

    Reply

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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