early morning frost
suspends magnolia’s bloom
what beautiful bravery
Freeze Frame
Mud Season
melt and freeze
the ground softens
in fits and starts
Awaiting Spring
this fringe of cold
the beauty before
the beauty of leaves
Trees’ Desire
in longing for spring
a blooming
of cold
Find One In The Other
frost at work
making both
needles and hay
Sparkling Wonder
winter’s breath
blessing every twig
bedazzling the landscape
Juxtaposed
dark and sparkle
winter’s cold fidelity
to beauty
It Is Felt
a down of cold
the softest
kind of sorrow
Dried And Frosted Meadow Flower
a beauty formed
by passing time
the ending delicate
as the beginning
Blushed With Cold
edges
articulated
by frost
Flower Farm
giving, giving, giving
until taken
by the hard frost
February Dandelions
perennial hope
winter wished
for yellow blooms
Boutonnière
the night’s lapel
embellished with
a frosty flower
Delicate Decisions
teetering between seasons
imagination decides
frost or blossom fuzz
Waking Dream
morning came
but my dreamscape
lingered on the window
Oh To Bloom On
November sun transforms
the frost on the mums
into tears of joy
Spring Dream
new life
hatched and feathered
in sunshine and blue sky
Reward
brought inside
before the hard frost
a bloom of recompence
Dandelion Ice
old man winter puffs
and ice flies
like dandelion fluff
Visions
miniature world
on the window pane
cold grows a forest
In The Morning
stars
from the holy night
linger
Winter Illustration
cold highlights
the edge
of everything
Dressing For The Season
marigold’s
winter coat
is made of cold
Cows’ Horizon
a final graze
before frost
finishes the field
Petunia In November
turning her face
away from the cold
to shine just one more day
Garden Nymph
as the garden winds down
she keeps watch
for the hard frost
On Cold Nights
the angels
dress the windows
with fleur de liys
Cold Outline
the world
newly illustrated
by frost’s fine lines
Hot Spot
a maple ember
burning bright
on a freezing morn
Frosting
these leaves
sugared
with cold