Contributor: Bruce Levine

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A cold winter night
Bare trees against
A starless sky
A cold chill
Permeates the air
A residual of rain
Deer scamper
At a human approach
Streetlights reflect
On glossy pavement
A quiet time
A cold winter night


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Bruce Levine, a native Manhattanite, has spent his life as a writer of fiction and poetry and as a music and theatre professional. His literary catalogue includes four novels, short stories, humorous sketches, flash fiction, poetry, essays, articles and a screenplay His nearly one-hundred-fifty works are published in magazines, over twenty-five on-line journals, thirty books and his shows have been produced in New York and around the country. His work is dedicated to the loving memory of his late wife, Lydia Franklin. He lives in New York with his dog, Daisy.