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Hello,

Every once in a while I get tired. Poetry brings me back from the abyss. Frost was born in 1874 in San Francisco. As a dyed in the wool barbarian I have little time for most 20th century American Poets but I like Robert Frost. He disproves the notion that poets are flakes and communists. A number of years ago I decided I wanted to celebrate Christmas in a different way. I backpacked on snowshoes into the mountains in North Central Pennsylvania. There was 18 inches of new snow when I started and after I made camp Christmas eve it started to snow again. As a backpacker I did not use camp fires and made it a point to leave nothing but foot prints. Christmas morning I was woken up by a red fox sniffing around my camp. This poem always brings back memories of that Christmas. I nearly died on that trip but that is another story. It takes a little spice to make dinner taste better.

Best wishes,
Barry

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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