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Winter Trees

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Some people hate the sight of winter trees,

once garbed in green, their beauty long departed.

With every gust of wind they sway,

their leaves fall off and drift away.

No balm in that to heal the broken hearted.

But take on faith that which you cannot see,

and know there's surging life within that tree,

a cornucopia of fare, of fig and berry, peach and pear

of buds and blooms and fine perfumes

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Meredith Ramsay is a political science professor, now retired from UMassBoston, where she also served as Associate Dean of the Liberal Arts Faculty. She is a writer, musician, gardener, and amateur photographer. Her latest book is Community, (more...)
 

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