The landscape shifts from white to green.
Ice is no match for the determination of spring.
Estre
They rise
bringing
hope and renewal.
Beneath
A thin blanket of snow covers the pond
concealing the secret lives of fish.
Between
Between the seasons
a quiet pause
as the earth sighs.
Yearning
A weed’s bloom from last fall
feeds my hunger for flowers.
Hanging Around
Winter loiters
in the month of March.
Galapagos Garden
Lichen archipelago
on an ocean of granite.
Melt
As the earth softens
spring finds hospitality
in the primordial offering of mud.
The Island of Vermont
Landlocked and wooden
this moai
is a tree deity.
Certainty
Wearing a shroud of winter
the rock sculpture endures
certain of Spring’s dominion.
Lace Making
Casting a pattern like lace
shadows of leaves
embellish the snow.
Stained Glass
How glorious the view
from the cathedral that is nature.
Flurry
In my spring dreams
it snows flowers.
Obscured
Below a fresh layer of cold
colors stir and plot
their renaissance.
Surfacing
From the cold, dark earth
emerges the noble daffodil
shouldering its way to the sun.
Mock Blossom
Raindrops bejewel branches
heralding spring’s spectacle.
A Rose Is A Rose
Tree bark grows
a lichen rose.
Send Off
Day departs
painting the sky
riotous colors.
Reprise
Snow laden pine
bows to the birch
winter takes a curtain call.
Holding to Stones
Water
the giver
of life.
Singing
Melting snow gives voice
to the brook’s song of spring.
Falling Up
The blue blue sky
frees me
from winter’s grey gravity.
Fungi Perfecti
As winter wanes
the forest flowers in fungi.
The Sweet Season
Sugar maples
give rise
to great expectations.
Pilgrimage
During the quiet of the night
they come from all directions on paw and hoof
to reach the sacred spot and journey beyond.
Green Dreams
A soft memory slowly focused
into a vision of Spring.
Retreat
Snow and silence
withdraw to the higher elevations
as Spring takes a dainty foothold.
Meditation of the Trees
The birch waves her prayer flags
each flutter a devotion
to the divine.
Winter Clings
to the sides of things
until April dissolves her hold.
Effervescence
Beneath March’s icy hold
Spring begins her rise to the surface.