sunlight and shadows
traverse
the pristine field
Fences
keeping out
and keeping in
the work of wire and wood
Seeker
foraging the snowdrifts
searching through the snowflakes
woody browse to ruminant
Willing To Be Lead
the road
leading into the wilderness
leads out as well
Glimpse
a space in the rock wall
like a portal to the future
provides a glimpse of green
How Long the Winter
how deep the snow
how thick the ice
how far the mountains
And
crystals and petals
drift and bloom
shimmer and flower
Bandit
defiant
the masked bandit
pillages the crabapples
Collective
six stones
supported by
the rest of the rock wall
Solitude
morning’s memory
sparkling steps
of a midnight stroll
Color Fast
so brilliant the blues
on wing and tail
dyed by the sky
each time he flies
January Yards
a veil of mist
a curtain of crabapples
the fabric of winter
Forest Fashion
the old stump boasts
a green velvet cloak
New Horizons
winter caresses
the line of the limb
the reach of the branch
every new horizon
Bang
the frozen rock
a crack
the world is born
Ephemeral Beauty
snowflakes cleave
to the ephemeral beauty
of the leaf’s disintegration
Day Break
banishing another night
day burns bright
Absense
in the absence of leaves
branches alone
uphold winter’s bitter blue
To Be Called
each and every seed
listens and waits
for the wind to call its name
inviting its flight on silken wings
Repast
banquet on the vine
feast for feathered friends
Goldenrod in January
gone
are her golden
inflorescences
leaving only loveliness
Twelfth Night
wassail the oldest apple tree
beseech a fine harvest in spring
Winter Bedding
the ground has lost it’s blanket
but the pond’s white sheet of ice
is still pulled tight
Now Voyager
spirits voyage
into the pink
back to the source
Indecision
woods wrapped
in a shroud of cold
elements undecided
more rain or snow
Divination
the lean of the fence posts
divines the lay of the land
Dance Again
early winter thaw
snow releasing its embrace
soon the freed the oak leaf
can dance with the wind
once again
Balance
Oh to be
a snowflake
balanced on a branch
set in place by grace
residing in a sacred place
Distant Fields
off in the distance
a four square
of snow filled fields
Exaltation
up, up, up
magnolia
on the rise