Walking the Dog on a Frosty Morning


By Ed Crane
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The morning sun arrives under the radar.
A hard taskmaster heartlessly pinpointing
every single speck of dust in the house.
Outside the light even harder sharpened
by pure white reflected from frost crystals.
We join the invisible wildlife, our shadows
dark and monstrous elongated in slanting
light. The air still as if frozen as the frost
granules beneath allows the river to merge
into a giant antique mirror turning the world
upside down in its perfect repeated colours.
A lone cyclist ghosts past us until his image
is reflected as he rounds a bend: a speeding
wraith silhouetted against the steel blue sky.
A cormorant silently surfaces breaking glass
sending lonely ripples out to investigate how
long they can survive until they’re reabsorbed
into the calm. We have come to the end of
our leg, now time to turn for home and feed
as air warming in the sun stirs gentle waves.
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thank you for taking me there
thank you for taking me there! Rhiannon
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a nice wee turn in words and
a nice wee turn in words and outside.
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Wonderful. This is our Pick
Wonderful. This is our Pick of the Day. Do share on social media too.
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I feel I am getting to know
I feel I am getting to know your river through your posts :0) I really liked
our shadows
dark and monstrous elongated in slanting
light.
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Looking forward to the stork
Looking forward to the stork Poem :0) With Photos please! I hope you get to see the Beavers, too. There are otters here but I have not seen them.
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