milkweed’s moment
in the sun
glittering cold
Morning Light
the sun’s warming glow
breaks through darkness
and into the cold of woods
A Whitening
the landscape shifts
colors settle underground
now we reside in white’s variety
Found And Found Again
the truth
of beauty
is always rearranging
Tail Feathers
peacock’s
plumage blooms
fans on the window
Unlocked
through
cold’s keyhole
the day accessed
Frost and Light
every shape
made known
outlines and outliers
Interior Time
winter’s internal seasons
of snow then rain
and so it all begins again
Resolve
barely
weathered by winter
the enduring oak
Cold Petals
finery
of frost
a frozen flowering
Hope With Frost
eternal
desire to be
growing
Sugared Leaves
the season of sweetness
not just
maple’s dominion
Cold Bur
frost still fills
the space we’ve saved
for the warming sun
Fine Lined Cold
winter draws
flourishes and finery
with a subzero stylus
Hens and Chicks
their
feather edges
serrated with frost
Jack Frost Morning
feathered
with cold
the world obscured
Every Opportunity
nature is unafraid
of complicated truths
embracing every opportunity of knowing
Bittersweet
in iced sunlight
brightness sweetens
the bitter cold
River Frosted Pine
river cold
reaches up
frosting from below
Pentirsi
pentimento landscape
stark space made by winter
prior home of earliest spring
Sides
branched
right and left
both needing the stem
Affiliation
each petal’s edges
distinct within the group
solitary side by side
Conciliation
autumn morning sun
warms the low lying cold
compromise before winter
Assertion
night held tight
in the morning’s frost
while the bloom asserted day
Pumpkin Patch
orange tide
awaits the moon
and frost to call it home
Resolve
between the frosts
a final bloom
tenacity of beauty
Edged With Antique Lace
green field sparkles with frost
as winter takes residence
in the shadow’s depth
Withstanding
despite
a freezing night
still she blooms
Glory, Glory, Glory
a frozen star
a gift of light
a glimpse of the divine
Exultation
chosen she wears
the light of white
teaching lessons in joy