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Poems to keep you company through the New Year

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Dec 26, 2022
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It’s December 26, one of those un-keep-trackable (what day is it? Monday? Tuesday?), nostalgic intervals between Christmas and New Year’s. I was told Germans call these days "zwischen den Jahren" or “between the years.” Other names include Boxing Week and Twixmas (a portmanteau of betwixt and Christmas).

Here are some of my favorite winter poems I return…

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