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today’s forecast called for snow,
a prediction indifferent
to the calendar’s early border for spring,
as well as to my own personal feelings on the matter.
winter has these silences,
hidden between the refrains
of wind pushing past pine, through buildings, rattling
windows and bones.

—from “[swan song]” by #KatelynGrimes, published in #CapsuleStories Winter 2022 Edition: Hibernation. Grab your paperback or ebook copy: http://capsulestories.com/winter-2022-edition #earlyspring #poem #poetry #refrain #silence #writing

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—“In Winter, the Trees” by Lesley Sieger-Walls, published in Capsule Stories Winter 2022 Edition: Hibernation. Featuring poetry and prose, Capsule Stories Winter 2022 Edition explores the theme Hibernation. These stories and #poems ruminate on hunkering down for the #winter and resting. Buy now in paperback or ebook: capsulestories.com/winter-2022-edition

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Quivering, feathered limbs
cast up a murmuration.

Tree branches, now bare,
spider across the gray sky,
weaving and webbing upward.

Trunks may serve as charnels
for walnut shells,
the shade of a bird,
caps of acorns,
and desiccated leaves.

But inside, trees remain rivers,
flowing witnesses to winter.

They are most alive now:
still and waiting,
a resting awareness,
with tangled limbs
rooted in the sky.

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The party ended
during breeding season.

Car doors slammed.
The music stopped.

Quiet fell 
around the lake.

Just when the mood
came over us,

the leaves turned yellow,
crimson, brown.

The woods stood
naked, shivering.

Each day our words
grew frostier.

Our breath
rolled rude and visible.

Our fingers
poked like icicles.

Our hearts
turned cold as snow.

What we were
cooled all the heat

as we slid between
the frozen sheets

and growled all winter
in our sleep.

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—“Hibernaculum” by Frank William Finney, published in Capsule Stories Winter 2022 Edition: Hibernation. Featuring poetry and prose, Capsule Stories Winter 2022 Edition explores the theme Hibernation. These stories and poems ruminate on hunkering down for the winter and resting.

Grab your paperback or ebook copy today: capsulestories.com/winter-2022-edition

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