A Burning of Winter’s Cruel Song
written by: Linda M. Crate
@thysilverdoe
love and warmth
familial and platonic
to fill the heart and soul
over the brim
as outside the snow
falls beneath fading sunlight and glistening
moonlight,
ornaments and lights glittering;
gifts laid beneath the tree—
the best gift
being present
for our loved ones and celebrating them
in trinkets and shows of affection,
a warmth that burns away the cold silence
of winter and all his reflective death.
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has three published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), and If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. The third of the seven book series Centaurs & Magic was published November 2016. Her novel Corvids & Magic was published March 2017.
Latest posts by Linda M. Crate (see all)
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