in cursive and in print
rain writes her story
on ice and snow
Penmanship
Winter Reconstituted
at night
ice made anew
from yesterday’s melt
Deciding To Leave
over time tiny shifts
expand space
and oblige separation
March Madness
some
of
everything
River Side
winter holds the river still
but the sun has returned
giving soft pine needle ground
Mud Season
melt and freeze
the ground softens
in fits and starts
Blow Down
the wind delivered
a lichen corsage
to an icy ‘spring fling’
Pine And Ice
winter weary
we still recognize
her particular beauty
Wind Chime
constructed by weather
lichen and with branch clapper
chiming with ice
Spot Of Green
in the pale landscape
winter elevates
moss and lichen
Ice And Pine
evergreen
like the light
piercing darkness
Etching In White
a landscape
drawn in cold
every intricacy captured
Shell And Shield
second skin
shimmering armour
of ice
Steps
quiet is the courage
that puts one foot
in front of the other
Still Open
the current
evading
cold’s hold
The Snow Abstracted
an icing
of snowflakes
time suspended
Hail Makers
when warm hits cold
and dark meets light
the collision is hard as ice
A Melting Stand
in the cold curve
of the river
ice draws a line
between seasons
Oh April
we are so weary of your cold
but still attempt to admire
your shivering beauty
The River Is A Rainbow
throwing colors
and hopefulness
across the landscape
The Cold Still Bites
the river is running
but winter still
keeps her teeth out
Synchronized Ice
I see the sound
of ice birds
murmuration
February Dandelions
perennial hope
winter wished
for yellow blooms
Time Abstracted
within in the flow
it wrinkles and bunches
but always eventually
untangles itself
Ice Birds
perched upon
the window screen
then rising into flight
Crackle And Crack
see the sound
that ice makes
when meeting salted macadam
A Bit Of January Thaw
the field snow thins
river ice recedes
warmer air
passing through trees
The River Tide
the frothing edge
of each wave of cold
etched in ice
Between
looking through the ice
cross the liminal space
to feel the presence of birch
Boutonnière
the night’s lapel
embellished with
a frosty flower