scrolling through old friends’ accomplishments winter stars
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Matthew Moffett
Matthew Moffett lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with his wife, two kids, and a Shetland sheepdog. His work has previously appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Bones, and Sonic Boom, among others.
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I love the ambivalence in "winter"–aside from the timing of these end-of-the year accounts, on the one hand, stars seem brighter in the Northern hemisphere winter; on the other, one might feel a bit wintry about others' accomplishments.
I imagined a person looked through the Facebook pages of deceased friends. A sad monoku, particularly poignant for me since my online friend Rachel Sutcliffe passed away last week. Thank you for sharing it.
I love the ambivalence in "winter"–aside from the timing of these end-of-the year accounts, on the one hand, stars seem brighter in the Northern hemisphere winter; on the other, one might feel a bit wintry about others' accomplishments.
I imagined a person looked through the Facebook pages of deceased friends. A sad monoku, particularly poignant for me since my online friend Rachel Sutcliffe passed away last week. Thank you for sharing it.
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