when deep in dark shadows
I’ve learned to wait like a tree
for the sun’s inevitable light
Remain
Purchased Sunshine
so necessary
the simple happiness
daisies give
The Emerald Forest
the green carpet
spring makes her
entrance on
Mallard In Shadows
a solitary swim
while dreaming of
this season’s monogamy
Meeting Spot
inside the fire ring stones
the echos
of other travelers
Crocus
petal bowls
containing the gold
of sunshine
Reminder
April is fickle
spring is near
but not yet here
Winter Reconstituted
at night
ice made anew
from yesterday’s melt
Chipmunk In Morning Sun
basking in
the divine caress
of spring warmth
Overnight
winter returned
like a stray cat
on the morning stoop
Cathedral
I stopped for worship
at the stained glass window
of tree roots and forest
Green Began
or was always there
just waiting
to be uncovered
Stone Ghost
the house dissolved
but the hearth, the heart
of home remains
Deciding To Leave
over time tiny shifts
expand space
and oblige separation
Eggshell Of Ice
it is the sun
that will hatch
the pond
Run Off
making a get away
snow melt
merges with the meadow
March Madness
some
of
everything
Home
inside a hollow
soft with rot
safety in the nesting spot
Color Begins
pulsing
through the branches
the desire of spring
River Side
winter holds the river still
but the sun has returned
giving soft pine needle ground
Borrowed Wisdom
I stopped and
leaned against a tree
to learn how to be
Anticipation
the sky
a robin’s egg
incubating spring
Snow Shrine
held high in reverence
an offering to the sun
we pause in thanks and praise
As Winter Wanes
with memory
I overlay the landscape
with verdant pulsing greens
Mud Season
melt and freeze
the ground softens
in fits and starts
Snow Squid
in an ocean of snow
the tree becomes
tentacles and fin
Sunrise
greeted by
the wise eye
of the new day
Blow Down
the wind delivered
a lichen corsage
to an icy ‘spring fling’
Titivated Trees
each branch adorned
with a delicate extravagance
of twig made lace
Pine And Ice
winter weary
we still recognize
her particular beauty