Shawn L. Bird

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poem-glacier death August 18, 2015

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:33 am
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The rocky mountain tops used to cradle winter.

Bowls of ice, white blankets, held in stone arms

comfort over centuries.

A decade of cataracts, dripped.

Now, monolithic arms are empty,

so even ancient glacier tears are dry.

 

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