Tag Archives: winter

Layers

Posted on December 17, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

In winter I like to wear layers: A layer of joy, close to the skin, and warming the heart; A layer of melancholy – which, contrary to what you might think, carries a welcome snugness, and memory, and is companion … Continue reading →

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Just Add Water

Posted on December 16, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

Some days I get luckyLike today it was raining and I had pancake mixwhich as you know is a powerful combinationespecially on an early winter morning,without somewhere else to be,with the sky grey and swirling,and butter in the pan.

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The Houseguest

Posted on November 25, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

Winter evening, I was not expecting you here so early.No, don’t be embarrassed –let’s neither of us be embarrassed –and any slight shade of pink, let’s count as beauty.Others may be coming. But now you’re here,let’s fill fine China platters … Continue reading →

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Summer poems are prolix

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Summer poems are prolix, extending tendrilsof metaphor and alliterative allusion; opulentlythey reach out to the reader,to the supposed reader, to the deferential target –to anyone, really – and, carelessly, indulgently,to no one at all. Late summer poems get down,a bit, … Continue reading →

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winter blues

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

The winter blues are a fine color,the color of Charlie Parker and the sky,the sound of fresh snow coming downto tuck in the soul for rest, or maybe dreaming.

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