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Day: January 20, 2026

Where Branches Are Bare

Where Branches Are Bare

Where branches are bare
snow comes down
and where ruby leaves have left
stars alight
upon alabaster boughs.

D. G. Vachal ©2026

Image by Manuel H. @pixabay

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Unknown's avatarAuthor liliessparrowsandgrassPosted on January 20, 2026January 19, 2026Categories Poems, poetry, Winter, WritingTags poems, poetry, winter, Writing4 Comments on Where Branches Are Bare

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  • Selected Posts
    • Philosophers, Temples and the “Unknown God”
    • Worry: Its Causes and Solutions
    • The Cross that Reconciles
    • Limiting God
    • The Quest for Happiness
    • The Amazing Gift of Eternal Life
    • How to Love Our Enemies
    • Unbelief’s Heart of Stone
    • House Upon the Sand
    • The Path of the Righteous
    • The Speech and Knowledge of the Skies
    • From A Slow to A Burning Heart
  • Selected Poems
    • The Warmth of Summer Rain
    • New York Harbor One September
    • November Comes, My Love
    • The Years, My Friend
    • Let Not The Words Of My Silence
    • I Heard Your Laughter In The Light
    • Moonlight Silver to Autumn Gold
    • First Stroll
    • I Considered the Lilies
    • Breathlessly Miskeyed
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