low land sleeps
in dreamy white
as the day softly begins
Steady
this winter’s snow
comes and goes
while steady is the cold
Chosen
bright spot
in a grey winter day
Long Shadow
January’s long shadow
reaches for the new year
as she carries the past
Ghosts
fog turns
the oaks to ghosts
but dimmed memories of shade
Time Keepers
the trees by the tracks
keep the train’s schedule
Beyond
a lone pine
and the mountain beyond
behind brave branched trees
Winter’s Song
earth’s orchestra plays
winter’s melody of cold
while the wind harmonizes
in ice and snow
God’s Eye
the divine watcher
opens the day
with light
Practice
winter is
the practice
of patience
Travel
shadows and sunlight
travel
the still river
Ray
a ray of sun
the yellow barn
in a cold field
Purple Dawn
it is the sky
that flowers
in winter
Mountain View
winter haze
a cloudless day
just time, the mountain and I
Deep Bow
in deference
sunflowers bow
to the new year
River Run
freed by the sun
the river runs
Many
a storytelling of crows
convened in the birch
ushering spirits past
Roam
memories fastened to the fence post
new dreams roam the field
Tiny Snowy Pine
in winter’s white silence
it spoke of peace and love
Final Touch
snow
swags
the swag
Compromise
the apple tree
surrenders but does not succumb
to gravity’s demands
Understanding
the pond’s edge
the reach of shadows
winter renders a new view
and understanding of the familiar
Everyday Magic
dry weeds in a snowy field
the filament and flash
of ordinary days
Dreams
winter’s cold breath
obscures the mountains
revealing dreams
Ornamentation
trees adorned with snow
crabapple baubles
nature decorates
Weaving
branches and weeds
a tapestry
woven on the loom of time
Jacob’s Brook
water runs to the long river
singing the final refrains of its song
before it is silenced by winter
Determination
pines and reeds
hold tight to their colors
as winter whitens the landscape
Diamond Woods
sunlight on frost
the woods bejeweled
and glittering
bare tree blue sky
reaching
up, up, up
this is worship