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CBS Television, via Wikimedia Commons

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If You Were Julie London

Maybe, whisper of your voice
could bring home
……………………your far away love
before icicles begin to form.
……………………It could be so.

Maybe, promise of warmth
from your extended arms
………..would make December
a month to remember.
………..It could be so.

Maybe, by fireplace glowing
You’d sit with hands interlacing.
………..It could be so.
Maybe, your world would be ecstasy
if only you knew her melody.

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Jerrice J Baptiste is a poet and author of nine books. Her most recent book of poems Coral in the Diaspora is published by Abode Press (August 2024). Her poems have been published in Mantis, Penumbra Literary Art Journal,  Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & The Arts, The Dewdrop, Urthona: Buddhism & Art and numerous others. Her poetry and collaborative songwriting are featured on the nominated Grammy award album: Many Hands Family Music for Haiti.

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Listen to the 1956 recording of Julie London singing the Bob Russell composition “Warm December” [The Orchard]

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