she exalts us
with her one raised limb
as we walk by
The Forest Made A Snow Maiden
Woodland Cookies
sugar cookie leaves
a sweet feast
for forest creatures
Lucky Are The Wanderers
summer departs
like a rainbow’s end
the forest full of gold
Shell Collecting
the forest
a green ocean
her leafy tide revealing
mushroom seashells
Forest Bones
time’s skeleton
the sun bleached bones
of prodigious trees
Piecework
patchwork of light
on the forest floor
time quilts early autumn
Breakfast For Dinner
forest breakfast nook
pancakes sprouted
by the maple tree
Good Luck Found
at the end of autumn’s rainbow
the forest filled
with gold
Rock Koi Swim
beneath the surface
orange rocks swim like koi
undulating with the current and the wind
Affinity of Land And Sea
coral reefs on fallen logs
likenesses of
the ocean in the forest
Shinrin-yoko
in the light
soaking in the smells and sounds
luxuriate in a forest bath
Emeralds and Diamond Ice
the forest grows
her own kind
of jewels
Forest Farolitos
shimmering
on the forest floor
pine luminaries
A Long Way From Home
deep in the forest
in the dark and the silence
a coral reef grew
The Umbrella’s Underneath
discarded
by a fairy
after the down pour
Microscopic Astronauts
the ground grew
a space station ready
to launch spores into flight
Softly
the gentle landscape
rising and falling
showing us how
Impersonations
the tree
a zebra
in green
Happenings In Forest Time
sunshine makes for shade
as the river flows
and mushrooms grow
Golden Goblet
for the fairies banquet
fresh rain water served
with a leaf stem straw
Conversation Between Seasons
a stand of white birch
call back
to the snow capped mountain
Listening For The March Wind
standing with
a stand of trees
sensing the sap rise
Sure Footed
the base
of each trunk
a footstep in time
Cold Growth Forest
between
the brook and the branch
grew a forest of ice pines
Abstract Of Rickrack
zig zagging leaves
circle
upon themselves
Call Of Attention
their shout
of color rises
from the forest floor
Her Warm Yellow Glow
peek a boo
with
the morning moon
Sun Rise
we are lifted
into
the new day
Two Things At Once
bark like
gold leaf
a statue of a tree
Wearing Rings Like Saturn
from the forest floor
emerges
another universe