Contributing Writers:

Dan Boster, Kate Brooke, Patty Clements, Lisa Fricke, Jeff Grinvalds, Susan Martens-Baker, Dee Thompson

      WINTRY ALLEGORY

 Majestic tree...

Sculpted linear signs of ages past.

Pine scented laurels of green,

bow down to the skirted swirls of snow

insolating the slumbering lifelines until spring.

Gently, a neighboring ice-cold philandering stream

seduces stray branches that lie too close to resist her charms.

Listen to the watery meandering path speak of long ago

acquaintances, now peacefully mingling with mother Earth.

Soft winds whisper ancient stories back to those who dare to listen.

The Robin's egg blue sky, lures the towering trees to

proudly proclaim the marriage of heaven and Earth.

Written by Lisa Fricke