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Month: December 2020

Downhill for the Uphill

December 31, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

2020 ends

in the same way it began

(with downhill skiing)

2020 ends

nearly every way different

than a year ago

2020 brings

a balance of sorrow, joy

hidden behind masks

2020 ends

with screens controlling our lives

(searching for meaning)

2021

with its 5-syllable self

will bring us new hope

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Ice, Water, Steam

December 30, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

a cold winter walk

along the Colorado

right where it begins

a hot springs retreat

to strip the cold off our skins,

bring heat to our bones

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Taste of Persia

December 29, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

an interesting choice

walnuts and pomegranates

between holidays

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Snowpup

December 28, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

another failed day

ends with a quiet snow walk

(just let those flakes fall)

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Evergreen for Everyone

December 27, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

a cold, windy morn

finding our legs on the ice

that waits for winter

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Boxed In Day

December 26, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

aurora’s fire

brings day of recovery

from Christmas chaos

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Christmas Roulade

December 25, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

rolled in this meringue:

apples, mascarpone cream,

burnt honey. ’20.

baked in this Roulade:

my student’s home-raised hen eggs

ready to be whipped

folded in this bake:

some precious moments of peace

so hard sought, well earned

masked in this meringue:

a year of bittersweet loss

melted into joy

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Dirty Bingo

December 24, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

White Elephant win

with every Bingo chiste

bringing laughter, joy

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Gardening Genes

December 23, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

Dad building raised beds

in the middle of winter

in hope of spring growth

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Merry Fucking Christmas

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

a few bitter words

can mean everything; nothing

with untimely voice

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