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January Lessons
Carol Mikoda
 

​Teach me, 
falling snow, 
fine as flour from a sieve, 
to see beauty with a sharper eye 
and more discernment:
curve of crow’s wing
wheeling above the midden
where I throw my winter compost. 
 
Teach me, cold day, 
the measure of my strength:
wearing warm wool and boots that grip,
striding through arctic gales.
 
Teach me, 
even as kindling teaches me 
to seize a hatchet by the smooth end 
and find the weak spot 
that will let the light in, 
light the fire 
that heats my rocker 
by the stove.
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