a clapboard background to
the enduring rite of spring
sunshine as forsythia
Old Barn First Witness
Costume Jewelry
ice makes diamonds
when snow becomes raindrops
the sparkle is of rhinestones
The Woods Still Hold Snow
winter’s grip
of blue cold
loosened by fern fronds
Housing Crunch
treehouse
with an in-law apartment
and rental unit
Welcomed
the softness
and mysterious white light
oh to be enveloped in silence
All Those Times Of Reaching Out
each one mattered
even now
with the limbs foreshortened
Woodland Expression
shadows and the softness
given by distance
deliver an abstracted woods
Far Away And High
insistently
you knock
drawing my eye
Accumulation Of Stillness
silent now
like a walk
in the clouds
From Above
reprieved from freezing
a sun warmed soup
of autumn’s leaves
The Overseer
watching
the weather at work
changing the season
Like Honey
luminous autumn light
sticks to every
leaf and twig
You
one among many
blooming
in common splendor
Lonely For Spring
the wind
still has no leaves
to speak with
Budding Young Artist
spring’s canvas
is the landscape
growth is her medium
Awaiting The Security Of Leaves
the nest
hidden
even when revealed
Hope Held
the woods do
dream in snow
heaping hope on branches
The Spark Of Tiny Berries
a glee of color
evidence
of nature’s joy
Botanical Print
lingering leaves
a curtain
of light
Briefly
before
the season of snow
the season of shadows
Terraced Textures
each level
luxuriating
in light
Keeping Watch
turned towards
the north and south
eyes keen for change
Red Maple Flowers
red pompoms
raised high in the deep blue sky
cheering on spring
Trees Thinking About Leaves
encouraged
by the evergreens
tiny buds plump themselves
Window Panes In The Woods
trunks and branches
from the view
of outside outside
That Branch Of Mathematics
winter is
a mathematician
of sacred geometry
Blue Velvet
a gift
of the cold
the sapphire sky
Inward Growth
the hallowed tree
reveals
the roots of branches
Durga
green goddess
her many limbs
holding up the sky
All She Needs Is A Peter Pan Collar
dressed up
for spring in
soft fuzzy pearls