Felicity L. Rollin

in winter diamonds fade 
superseded by the fireplace’s warmth

that never reaches far enough;
our ever-optimistic Lassie shivers

on nights like this,
when the old woods that protect us grow thin,
forever

is never so long as
tonight

 

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FELICITY L. ROLLIN loves art and the color purple. Besides poetry, her hobbies include learning languages and reading philosophy. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Trouvaille Review, Quatrain Fish, and elsewhere.