Wintering

Sunlight tilts
and shadows shift
as the season turns
‌           towards wintering.
I gather skeins
of these days,
to knit into
‌            the long evening.

 

Dorothy Swoope is an award winning poet whose works have been published in print and online in newspapers, anthologies and literary magazines in Australia, the USA, and Canada. Her memoir, Wait ’til Your Father Gets Home! was published in 2016. She resides on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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