Julie Anne Thorndyke

writer, poet, reviewer

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Month: January 2016

Heatwave

January 4, 2016December 17, 2018 / jthorndyke / Leave a comment

reindeer

chocolate santas
melting in the heatwave
flattened
between clean sheets
I work off my sleep debt

© Julie Thorndyke

Reading the Recipe

January 4, 2016December 17, 2018 / jthorndyke / Leave a comment

christmas bush

just when you
think you have a handle
on the mixing bowl
of life . . .
the recipe changes

© Julie Thorndyke

 

Sugar Snow

January 3, 2016December 26, 2015 / jthorndyke / Leave a comment

coconut ice

snowy scenes
on Christmas cards
this summer day
I pour clouds of powdery
sugar for coconut ice

© Julie Thorndyke

 

Fairy Lights

January 2, 2016December 26, 2015 / jthorndyke / Leave a comment

snoopy

new fairy lights
blazing across the mantle
in the doorway
my aged dog
stands in silent protest

© Julie Thorndyke

Ringing Out the Year

January 1, 2016December 27, 2015 / jthorndyke / Leave a comment

santa

scented candles
every summer evening
the small ghost
of my little terrier
walking with us at dusk

this old sadness
at the dying Christmas bush
once again
I must write my
way through transition

cicadas
ringing out the year
one last
loving cup
before sunset

© Julie Thorndyke

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