The
Blue Side of Winter I
Sandy Green
A tiny sparrow
half-frozen
half-quivering
curled in my palms
my breath puffs like summer gusts,
he wakes
The
Blue Side of Winter II
Sandy Green
hidden in a blue snow-shadow
the bird lays silently
this tiny life
now tucked in a mitten sack
he stirs
then flutters toward the opal sky.
The
Blue Side of Winter III
Sandy Green
A tiny sparrow
hidden in a blue snow-shadow
half-frozen
the bird lays silently
half-quivering
this tiny life
curled in my palms
now tucked in a mitten sack
my breath puffs like summer gusts,
he stirs
he wakes
then flutters toward the opal sky.
Sandy Green’s work has been in Bitter
Oleander, Anderbo, flashquake, Poesia and Chicken Soup for the Child’s Soul (HCI, 2007).
She is a 2008 nominee for Best of the Net and won honorable mention in
Robert Brewer’s Poetic Asides Chapbook Contest.