cold holds together
the elements
of March’s mosaic
Birch Bark Mushroom
decomposition
a transition of
sustenance to self
One Of Two
each circle self distinct
bark barrier between
but time and proximity
merge two into one
Mystery Of Snow
cloaked in cold
insulated by the thing
from the thing
Three Birch By The Barn Door
these friends
experience, strength and hope
my life’s companions
The Old Birch Disrobed
time
takes her
seasons dress her
The Old Dame’s Rock Wall
huddled together
against the cold
warm in company
The Maple That Is Sunshine
like splashes
of the sun
fall’s fine finish
The Princess Tree
voluminous pink
in every shade and hue
adorned her
Watercolored World
the edges
between everything
dissolving
Scale
tiny mushrooms
increasing
the tree’s enormity
Promise
yellow tipped
leaves
presage daffodils
Praise
upon a tree
a lichen rose
praise to anything that grows
The Arrangement
weathering
winter
together
Astronomy of Mushrooms
staircase of shelves
brings Mars
into reach
Play On
woodpecker’s
sheet music
composition of seasons
Fleeting Forever
kindling beauty
the birch branch pile
nature’s ephemeral immortality
Thee of Tree
all the ways
of being
residing together
Telling Time
fence slat
sun dial
spring’s high noon
Start
tiny specks of green
cultivating all of spring
profundity of small sensibilities
The Usefulness Of Everything
bark, branch and leaf
pay their debt to the earth
with themselves
Prayer Flags
the birch in worship
waving her prayer flags
for us
Held
beneath the bark
one birch’s dark night
held sacred by the grove
Flower Found
a winter rose
pink petal bark
the birch in bloom
Storm
so many clouds, a driving rain
a storm was grown
upon the tree
Regeneration
birch heals
the loss
hosting a pine
Wild
herd
of birch gathers
in the zebra woods
One by One
each leaf
in their own time
glory then the fall
Dream Land
in the terrain of dreams
every worm and woodpecker hole
is a passageway to the realm beyond
Surface Diving
beneath
what is seen
symmetrical rings