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A. C. Hardy

A. C. Hardy was born in 1962 and grew up in LaGrange, North Carolina. He attended North Carolina State University and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [B.S. Pharmacy, 1985]. Mr. Hardy was named an "Editor's Choice" winner in the 18th annual Robert Penn Warren Free Verse Contest and his poems have appeared in ByLine Magazine and The Anthology of New England Writers.

Winter

Outside the rain was slowly turning to snow,
Covering by degrees the sodden and lifeless earth.
The last embers of the fire had died and fallen away
Leaving ash for memory...

And the man saw,
Through the shattered window of his soul,
The countless follies of a meaningless existence.
And wanted to cry.

For the world was awfully cold that night.

Copyright Š2007 by A. C. Hardy