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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Blushing stones warm homes

They also heat the poker

Is that ham cooking?

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Honeygloom's avatar

Long pork? 😏🖤

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Caleb Taylor's avatar

Full of warmth and heat

Or left cold, bare and empty

Is the hearth of love

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Honeygloom's avatar

Very poignant, well done 🖤

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Caro Henry's avatar

Embers dance and glow

Turn the spit as juices drip

And stomachs rumble

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Honeygloom's avatar

I’m a vegetarian, but you still made me hungry 😋

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Driving the cold winter away, like in the really old days....

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Honeygloom's avatar

It’s too bad burning wood is so terrible for air quality...

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Grandpa collapsed, died

Doctor said: “A hearth attack.”

Grandma used Yule log

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Honeygloom's avatar

😂 brutal granny!

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Caleb Taylor's avatar

I love the feel and imagery of the poem in this post. It makes me feel like I’m peeking into the window of a very old and very large legendary story.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you!

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Rebecca J. Gomez's avatar

Rain falls on the fire

that keeps Gloom at a distance

The flame sputters out

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Honeygloom's avatar

Very ominous, and in so many ways! Just cold and damp can be enough to do you in, but things are lurking also. 🖤

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Rebecca J. Gomez's avatar

Thanks! That’s what I was going for.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

It's worse in the summer than the winter. Last summer it seemed like most of Canada was on fire because of the way the forests lit up for various reasons.

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Honeygloom's avatar

I live in California, we basically have a burning season now, too. You’re fires were worse than ours last year, I think though.

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