sharp edged
cold etches
light into dark
A Lingering
red canoe
a memory
of summer’s kiss
Land of Dreams
misty mountain
recurring dream
of the sleeping field
Kind Provision
bird box
in the sunflower field
surety of place
Witness
in the still white
the field’s soul
lays bare
Regeneration
birch heals
the loss
hosting a pine
Pentirsi
pentimento landscape
stark space made by winter
prior home of earliest spring
Discernment
sunlight and shadows
the only guests received
preservation of retreat
Iddy-umpty
morse code of winter
dots and dash of ice
arctic opus written in cold
To End Is To Begin
fresh light
fell on New Year’s Day
shadows came and had their say
Mountainside
black bird rests
in the red winter rose
snowfall’s tableau
River Birch In Snowfall
the quieting white
shrouds
December’s last days
Picnic
the table’s cloth
is made of snow
and set with sun
Abridged
time crosses slowly
December’s snowy bridge
sojourn to the far side of remembering
Snowed Inn
no reservations needed
come on in and roost
beneath the snowy roof
To Thine Own Self
each inclined
toward truth in self
such freedoms in the field
Snow Bird
on oak
leafed wings
snow bird flew
Morning Moon
diamond edged air
cuts like a knife
morning moon’s cold light
Seeing Screen
impending storm
winter window foretells
the approaching landscape
Finery
winter etches
all the fine edges
into landscape and memory
Slow Flakes
December storm
the world
snowglobe-ed
Kitchen Window View
unswerving is
the comfort of conifers
dependability of green
Advent
each rising day
owes recompense
to the necessary night
Emerald Wall
barrier embraced
hard edges softened
by a majesty of moss
Home to Roost
place for all
on the roof ridge perch
line of lineage
All Is Right
let the day
find you
as you are
Letting Go
ascending the morning fog
flying with the birds
unbound
Hush
quiet falling
silence
on the ground
Tentative
first snow
a little shy
to be dropping by
Conciliation
autumn morning sun
warms the low lying cold
compromise before winter
