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November Wakes

November 28, 2023 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment
The fat full moon thrusts
its hard light 
into my room
striping my bed
in fertile mourning darkness. 

Against the greying sky,
waving branches warn
the cold is here
and coming,
in winter’s inevitable embrace. 

Frost-Time

November 12, 2023 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment
leafless trees and some snow on the ground
Now that it’s winter
the grass is stiff and frosted
and you are not
here to play summer games,
how shall I laugh and
stay warm?

What does winter hold?
Are there gifts
I can accept?

This Bleak Midwinter

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment
Christmas lights the colour of twilight,
and a heritage nativity set, - 
A bleak celebration avoiding
plastic Santas or plastic regrets

Awaiting a new year, watching changes
from remembered winters,
listening to the noise of fools
heard on the tv news.

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Joan Vinall-Cox, Ph.D. is a lifelong learner, retired communications professor, and rabid reader who has taught in both the college and university systems. Her Ph.D., in 2004 was an Autoethnographic Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry focused on moving from technophobia to technophilia. She is a widow from a pretty happy marriage and a mother to a strong and kind daughter. Her interests include Centering Prayer, Multiple Intelligences, Attention Deficit Disorder and its connection to creativity, Jung, Campbell’s Monomyth, and Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry.

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