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Winter Branches

a poem by

Margaret Widdemer

When winter-time grows weary, I lift my eyes on high

And see the black trees standing, stripped clear against the sky;

They stand there very silent, with the cold flushed sky behind,

The little twigs flare beautiful and restful and kind;

Clear-cut and certain they rise, with summer past,

For all that trees can ever learn they know now, at last;

Slim and black and wonderful, with all unrest gone by,

The stripped tree-boughs comfort me, drawn clear against the sky.