Love Poem: A Victorian Winter
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Written by: Daniel Caplin

A Victorian Winter

A Victorian Winter

Gaslit taverns bustle, the thawing of smiles
Gigglemugs peering through frosted glass roundels 
Negus warming potbellied ~ ruddy cheeked men
   Toasting Winter's warmth 

Autumn's skies arrested by Winter's cold oak moon
Serene heavens black ~ sprinkled in snowflake stars
Pensioned limbs shuffle, cold bones arching slender, 
   Destinies await

Chimney stacks billowing, fingers cobalt blue
Silhouette shadows under icicle skies
Sidestepping snowflakes toward the snow moon
   Love finding its home