blanket

Winter’s Way

back to bed
all greening things
beneath this new white blanket

the sun’s been up awhile
but beneath winter’s blanket
the landscape still slumbers

horses snug
in their stables
the barn blanketed with snow

weighted
white blanket
a cover of stillness

new leaves
and tender perennials
shiver beneath a blanket of snow

blue sky
issues an invitation
to awaken

winter’s blanket thrown off
everything simmers
not quite ready to rise

snow legislates
the quiet
of the woods

night’s white blanket
tucked in all the green
the garden bed is cozy cold

the iris have been sent to bed
beneath a blanket of maple red

the February storm
tucks everything in
under a blanket of snow

white brightness
blankets everything
in winter’s wonderland

A thin blanket of snow covers the pond
concealing the secret lives of fish.

With a blanket of hay
the garden is tucked in for the winter,
snug as a bug.