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Winter’s Walk
By Cheryl Moore
On these dark mornings
I feel the fog’s kiss on my cheek
As though waking me to a new day;
So unlike a much drier place
I once lived so many years ago
Where dust storms were more likely.
I walk to the river where
The fragrance of wild fennel
fills the air
Reminding me of the black liquorish
I loved as a child.
On the muddy banks wild fowl
often appear
On their daily hunt, bringing to mind
They too fill their senses.
We are not so unlike in our goals.
When Chery Moore came to California in the early 1960’s, she realized she’d found her home. Then moving to Petaluma in the 70’s, she was as close to paradise as she’d ever be. Travel has taken her to Europe and the Middle East. She has written on these memories as well as on the flora and fauna of the local river and her own garden.
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