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Winter’s Soul
By: Jim Bates
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Sunlight glistening on frosted snow
Ice crystals glimmering and sparkling bright
Stars floating above in a wintery sky
Twinkling with abandon in celestial night
January frozen in winter’s grasp
Winter’s soulful light burning fierce and fast.
Jim Bates 1-13-15