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Tag: ice

Posted on December 22, 2025December 17, 2025

Still Open

the current
evading
cold’s hold

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Posted on December 17, 2025December 12, 2025

The Snow Abstracted

an icing
of snowflakes
time suspended

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Posted on June 28, 2025June 26, 2025

Hail Makers

when warm hits cold
and dark meets light
the collision is hard as ice

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Posted on April 16, 2025April 13, 2025

A Melting Stand

in the cold curve
of the river
ice draws a line
between seasons

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Posted on April 10, 2025April 8, 2025

Oh April

we are so weary of your cold
but still attempt to admire
your shivering beauty

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Posted on March 20, 2025March 13, 2025

The River Is A Rainbow

throwing colors
and hopefulness
across the landscape

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Posted on March 15, 2025March 12, 2025

The Cold Still Bites

the river is running
but winter still
keeps her teeth out

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Posted on March 2, 2025February 24, 2025

Synchronized Ice

I see the sound
of ice birds
murmuration

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Posted on February 2, 2025January 27, 2025

February Dandelions

perennial hope
winter wished
for yellow blooms

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Posted on January 31, 2025January 27, 2025

Time Abstracted

within in the flow
it wrinkles and bunches
but always eventually
untangles itself

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Posted on January 29, 2025January 20, 2025

Ice Birds

perched upon
the window screen
then rising into flight

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Posted on January 28, 2025January 20, 2025

Crackle And Crack

see the sound
that ice makes
when meeting salted macadam

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Posted on January 27, 2025January 20, 2025

A Bit Of January Thaw

the field snow thins
river ice recedes
warmer air
passing through trees

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Posted on January 24, 2025January 20, 2025

The River Tide

the frothing edge
of each wave of cold
etched in ice

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Posted on January 19, 2025January 11, 2025

Between

looking through the ice
cross the liminal space
to feel the presence of birch

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Posted on January 15, 2025January 11, 2025

Boutonnière

the night’s lapel
embellished with
a frosty flower

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Posted on January 10, 2025January 8, 2025

Letting Go

the river knows
no need to cling
and offers welcome
to each new way of being

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Posted on December 31, 2024December 29, 2024

Morning Stars

night blessed the day
leaving stars
upon the window

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Posted on December 28, 2024December 18, 2024

Exhalation

the feathered breath
of winter
sighs upon the window

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Posted on December 20, 2024December 18, 2024

The Durability Of Change

the habit of the river
to turn again and again
from stillness to movement

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Posted on March 26, 2024March 24, 2024

Shrub Chandelier

ice crystals
catching the light
casting it about

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Posted on March 21, 2024March 11, 2024

Lyrics

every leaf and twig
inscribed by light
writing the river bank’s ballad

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Posted on March 16, 2024March 7, 2024

Attendance

the one thing
always present
is impermanence

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Posted on March 15, 2024March 6, 2024

Seeking Touch

leaning out
the tree uproots
to reach across the river

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Posted on March 5, 2024February 26, 2024

Marvel

an icy lace
melting and magnifying
making a mosaic of Monday

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Posted on March 3, 2024February 26, 2024

After The Thaw

winter tried starting over
reglazing the pond with ice
and sprinkling grandma Moses flakes

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Posted on February 27, 2024February 18, 2024

Waking Dream

morning came
but my dreamscape
lingered on the window

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Posted on February 12, 2024February 6, 2024

Triptych Of Textures


distillations combine
winter’s tapestry
grown on stone

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Posted on January 26, 2024January 18, 2024

Finery

the window dressing
in a flourish
of feathers

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Posted on January 20, 2024January 18, 2024

In Outlines

tracing time
and its
continuous expansion

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