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SONGS FOR A WINTER FIRE: 7. ZERO, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hard of heart, winter has frozen the fields
Last Line: One dares not even think of lambs or fawns.
Subject(s): Dreams; Hearts; Stars; Winter; Nightmares


Hard of heart, winter has frozen the fields.
Cold of heart, winter has stopped the streams.
Bleak of heart, it blights the last leaf-blade.
Bare of heart, it numbs the earth of dreams.

Crows blow by -- like black chaff on the wind.
Suns sink down to rise on colder dawns.
Frosty stars cover the nights so chill
One dares not even think of lambs or fawns.





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