Tipton Poetry Journal – Winter 2022
The First Snowfall of Winter Bruce Levine The first snowfall of winter Singular crystals of water floating on currents of air Drifting through time and space A syllogism drawn on frosted car windows Green grass turned white to crackle under feet while walking dogs Footprints outlining the path A new beginning shaping itself into a new reality Focusing on visions culled from dreams Creating an environment tangible to the eye and the senses Longed for realities realized as the first snowfall of winter Drifts across the landscape permeating the conscious and subconscious Cutting and pasting happy times into a scrapbook in the heart The first snowfall of winter Paper white and crystal clear Covering the earth and blanketing the soul
Bruce Levine has spent his life as a writer of fiction and poetry and as a music and theatre professional. A 2019 Pushcart Prize Poetry nominee, a 2021 Spillwords Press Awards winner, the Featured Writer in WestWard Quarterly Summer 2021 and his bio is featured in “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020.” Bruce has over three hundred works published on over twenty-five on-line journals including Ariel Chart, Spillwords, The Drabble; in over seventy print books including Poetry Quarterly, Haiku Journal, Tipton Poetry Journal; Halcyon Days and Founder’s Favourites (on-line and print) and his shows have been produced in New York and around the country. His work is dedicated to the loving memory of his late wife, Lydia Franklin. A native Manhattanite, Bruce now lives and writes in Maine. Visit him at www.brucelevine.com
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