bone-chilling north wind
howls against tight-locked window
rattles my slumber
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wren pecks iced suet
flicker picks frozen berries
I pick up hot tea
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Click on flicker photo to see how cold it was– fluffed feathers, scrunched neck and, as I recall, a blustery -5 degrees Fahrenheit.
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 3 February 2015 Photo credit: DAFraser, February 2015