Seasons of hope and despair
Autumn's embers bonfires nostrils smells
Corner shops fireworks bangers sells
Winter's frosts snowballs hands feels
Coffee shops lattes coldness steels
Spring's birds chirps ears hears
Garden shops seeds omits fears
Summer's glares visors eyes sees
Ice-cream shops ices hotness frees.
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Karen Burns is 49 and lives in Coventry, England. She is a graduate at Warwick after completing a Social Studies degree. Her interests are reading, poetry, writing reviews and she has a blog all about her daughter who has an eating disorder.
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