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January	A
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Contorted by wind	B
mere armatures for ice or snow	C
the trees resolve	D
to endure for now	E
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they will leaf out in April	F
And I must be as patient	G
as the trees	H
a winter resolution	I
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I break all over again	J
as the cold presses	K
its sharp blade	L
against my throat	M
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February	A
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After endless	N
hibernation	I
on the windowsill	F
the orchid blooms	O
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embroidered purple stitches	P
up and down	Q
a slender stem	R
Outside snow	C
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melts midair	S
to rain	T
Abbreviated month	U
Every kind of weather	V
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March	W
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When the Earl King came	X
to steal away the child	Y
in Goethe's poem the father said	Z
don't be afraid	L
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it's just the wind	B
As if it weren't the wind	B
that blows away the tender	V
fragments of this world	A2
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leftover leaves in the corners	B2
of the garden a Lenten Rose	C2
that thought it safe	D2
to bloom so early	F
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April	F
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In the pastel blur	V
of the garden	I
the cherry	F
and redbud	E2
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shake rain	T
from their delicate	F2
shoulders as petals	G2
of pink	H2
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dogwood	I2
wash down the ditches	K
in dreamlike	J2
rivers of color	V
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May	K2
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May apple daffodil	F
hyacinth lily	F
and by the front	G
porch steps	L2
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every billowing	M2
shade of purple	F
and lavender lilac	N2
my mother's favorite flower	V
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sweet breath drifting through	O2
the open windows	C2
perfume of memory conduit	P2
of spring	M2
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June	Q2
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The June bug	R2
on the screen door	S2
whirs like a small	F
ugly machine	T2
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and a chorus of frogs	U2
and crickets drones like Musak	R2
at all the windows	C2
What we don't quite see	F
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comforts us	N
Blink of lightning grumble	F
of thunder just the heat	V2
clearing its throat	M
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July	F
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Tonight the fireflies	W2
light their brief	X2
candles	G2
in all the trees	H
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of summer	V
color of moonflakes	H
color of fluorescent	G
lace	H
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where the ocean drags	H
its torn hem	R
over the dark	R2
sand	Y2
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August	Z2
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Barefoot	A3
and sun dazed	B3
I bite into this ripe peach	C3
of a month	U
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gathering children	I
into my arms	H
in all their sandy	F
glory	F
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heaping	R2
my table each night	D3
with nothing	R2
but corn and tomatoes	H
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September	V
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Their summer romance	H
over the lovers	H
still cling	R2
to each other	V
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the way the green	T2
leaves cling	R2
to their trees	H
in the strange heat	V2
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of September as if	E3
this time	F3
there will be	F
no autumn	G3
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October	V
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How suddenly	F
the woods	H
have turned	H3
again I feel	F
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like Daphne standing	R2
with my arms	H
outstretched	I3
to the season	I
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overtaken	I
by color crowned	J3
with the hammered gold	K3
of leaves	H
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November	V
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These anonymous	H
leaves their wet	L3
bodies pressed	M3
against the window	C
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or falling past	N3
I count them	R
in my sleep	O3
absolving gravity	F
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absolving even death	P3
who knows as I do	O2
the imperatives	H
of the season	I
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December	V
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The white dove of winter	V
sheds its first	Q3
fine feathers	H
they melt	R3
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as they touch	S3
the warm ground	J3
like notes	H
of a once familiar	V
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music the earth	T3
shivers and	U3
turns towards	H
the solstice	H