White Fire
a sleepy sunrise
nestles deep in downy quilts—
flurries of feathers
dust a winterberry branch
draped with beads that burn the snow
~Williamsburg, Virginia
Elizabeth Spencer Spragins
Elizabeth Spencer Spragins is a poet, writer, and editor who taught in North Carolina community colleges for more than a decade before returning to her home state of Virginia. Her tanka and bardic verse in the Celtic style have been published in England, Scotland, Canada, Indonesia, India, Mauritius, and the United States. The Language of Bones, a collection of her bardic verse, is scheduled for publication by Kelsay Books in fall 2019.
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