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'past promises' series

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(past promises series)

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shhannon
Jun 13, 2025
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this series, posted weekly on Fridays, brings you poems, stories & art by a younger shannon. today’s is from 1994 (age 25).

Lost among the embittered snow
pressure upon its branches
aware of its isolation
Winter destroys life
and leaves the evergreen
alone & abandoned
among the bare wilderness
Its soul echoes
The bird cries its loss
and saddened, the tree weeps
bellowed branches
Encumbered.

photo from ice storm march 2025, by shannon

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