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At dawn, pine trees stand
whipped-cream white.
Fence posts, capped like
ice cream cones,
gleam like diamonds.
My white cat,
now invisible,
casts a shadow
as the sun rises.
An extended white comforter
blankets the green fields
of my winter wheat.
Sounds of shovels
clearing pathways
are slash marks
through the stillness.
From Find Me a Word Tree and Other Poems (2011).
Used with permission.
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Edward Hujsak (1925 - 2018) was born in New Hampshire to a Polish farming family. A chemical engineering graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Ed worked on propulsion systems at General Dynamics during development of the Atlas and Centaur rockets. He was propulsion engineer on John Glenn's famous orbital flight and served as chief of preliminary design at General Dynamics Astronautics Division for ten years, accumulating more than a dozen patents in the aerospace field. In addition to his numerous engineering achievements, Ed was a writer, artist, sculptor, and builder of furniture and musical instruments. In his spare time, Ed made more than 2000 wooden birds, dogs, and race cars for the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association, which distributes toys to sick and needy children.
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