On the Northwest Road Home

a haiku of winter warmth

By Gail WinfreePublished 9 days ago • 1 min read

Photo by Fridi Antrack on Unsplash

Snow storm wind blowing,

ice snow covers road ahead,

Heat blows, high beams on.

Haiku

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Gail Winfree

Gail L. Winfree is the only 73-year-old writer from Tennessee who lives in Bulgaria. With a background in journalism, he now writes between poetry and prose and has published two novels and a collection of short stories and poems.

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