December
written by: Joan McNerney
Winds toss foliage in air.
Birds bend against frost
their wings catching the
last sunlight.
In cosmic dance snowflakes
light up evening.
Diminutive galaxies circling
abandoned gardens.
We hunch our shoulders with winter.
Our shadows are long now.
Joan McNerney
Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze, Blueline, and Halcyon Days. Three Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Review Journals, and numerous Kind of A Hurricane Press Publications have accepted her work. Her latest title is The Muse in Miniature, available on Amazon and Cyberwit.
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