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Saturday, February 03, 2007

CANDLEMAS

by Katherine West

February 2, 2007

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Ice on the glass
A forest of frost

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Wind crying
With cold

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Rabbit tracks
Hungry for grass

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Hungry soldiers
Reading poetry

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Hungry civilians
Shattered glass

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Empty temples
Filled with grass

Go buy a candle
For Candlemas

Empty forest
Silent choir

Go light a candle
For Candlemas


Katherine West is a poet presently living in northern Colorado and teaching Creative Writing at the local community college, museum, and Naropa University, which is in nearby Boulder, Colorado.