winter – Lindsey Gallant

Morning glory

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Lindsey Gallant / 1 Comment

Morning is a glory all its own,The hidden coming into sight.Does not the sparrow herself call the sun over the ridge,Each quaver an act of February faithTill al...

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Winter Breath

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

On Grandad’s birthday I wake to a snap of January cold. The rocking chair beside the fire invites me to settle in for a cozy start to the day, while I wait for ...

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Eyes for Glory

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Lindsey Gallant / 19 Comments

Dawn is an old woman creaking out of bed this morning. Her rosy fingers are slow to pull back the covers. Her sigh is cold at the window. I rise into slip...

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The Glory of the January Rose

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

I almost didn’t recognize you,dear rosebush,scraggly and spattered with the snowplow’s spray.I could see right through you to the white field beyond,your stems ...

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The Prayer of the Bur

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

God, Let me be the bur, sticking on to your wool sock. I am a legless seed, looking for the good soil. Take me with you on your narrow way, through night’...