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After endless
hibernation
on the windowsill,
the orchid blooms—

embroidered purple stitches
up and down
a slender stem.
Outside, snow

melts midair
to rain.
Abbreviated month.
Every kind of weather.

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— February by Linda Pastan (with thanks to blogut)
3rd February 2012
Tags: poetry, lit, Linda Pastan, February, thoughts that breathe,

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