Bruce Levine

Almost Winter

Bruce Levine

The air cools to an almost chill As the remnants of fall leaves Blow across the landscape

Early morning frost on windshields Mark the days moving forward As the calendar ticks toward the winter solstice

Shortening days and longer nights Reflecting on the senses In a multitude of feelings

Winter on the horizon In the shadows of the day As the grayness of sunsets forecasts the change

At the end of the year And the harbinger of springtime Almost winter leads to the next rebirth

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 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