the woods
hold no mercy
only space for grace
Stepping Out
high heeled
cold struts
through January
Until
all things balanced
until the wind shifts
and the redistribution of normal
Oh Tannenbaum
nearly tall enough
to be topped by
a real star
Fleeting Forever
kindling beauty
the birch branch pile
nature’s ephemeral immortality
Where The Colors Lead
rainbow’s end
gold adorned
the leaves
The Expansion of Color
white birch
reflecting
fall’s gloriousness
Through
lone birch
shone the way
through dark woods
Maple on Birch
at meadow’s edge
maple turns
summer’s page
Dahlia in the Daises
bright blooms
autumn afternoons
departing soon
Hierarchy
at the river bend
triumvirate of hollyhock
bow to the current
Go
green light
from the birch lampposts
luminosity of growth
Prayer Flags
the birch in worship
waving her prayer flags
for us
Adaption
in the small space
between them
grew accommodation of others
Buried Bench
blue morning
snow up to the seat
spring stirs beneath
Accumulation
blizzard snow
so fine it can be missed
as it gathers in inches and feet
Held
beneath the bark
one birch’s dark night
held sacred by the grove
Mosaic
there go
the trees again
making art from life
After The Storm
everything clean
fresh snow
renews hope
Regeneration
birch heals
the loss
hosting a pine
River Birch In Snowfall
the quieting white
shrouds
December’s last days
All Is Right
let the day
find you
as you are
Resonance
in the echo
your song
is sung anew
Wild
herd
of birch gathers
in the zebra woods
Birch Brush
summer drawn
with wind and water
moving while still
Summer Games
dappled and darting
sunbeams and birch trees
play tag in the woods
Trinity of Trunks
experience, strength and hope
rise
from a single source
Fashion
birch and sky
both wearing stripes
the fashion of the day
Shifting
neither even or fair
the lay of the land
embraces inconsistency
Halt
birch and brushs’
wade through winter
halted by the frozen flood