Winter Melody by Tobi Alfier

The sky is white pearl

make snow angels in the park

winter’s truly here.

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Saxophone solo

the most soothing sound to hear

matches the sky’s voice.

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An early daybreak

sliver of reluctant light

too soon to be blush.

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Trucks rust out in back

fields lie in the wilt of cold

nothing to harvest.

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Hot chocolate on stoves

keep stirring in double-eights

churros for dipping.

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Sleep is a journey

dreams run as free as children

nightbirds sing faintly.

     what a shame

The dull gray of spires

bells inaudible in wind

church brings no mercy.

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Tobi Alfier is published nationally and internationally. Credits include War, Literature and the Arts, The American Journal of Poetry, KGB Bar Lit Mag, Cholla Needles, Galway Review, The Ogham Stone, Permafrost, Gargoyle, Arkansas Review, and others.  She is co-editor of San Pedro River Review (www.bluehorsepress.com).