January’s long shadow
reaches for the new year
as she carries the past
Time Keepers
the trees by the tracks
keep the train’s schedule
Beyond
a lone pine
and the mountain beyond
behind brave branched trees
Revealed
shadow and ice reveal
the fence’s wobbly fears
Practice
winter is
the practice
of patience
Reverie
corn stalks
skate and ski
Travel
shadows and sunlight
travel
the still river
Ray
a ray of sun
the yellow barn
in a cold field
Snow Petals
winter’s white flower
held aloft by summer’s remnants
shaped by fall’s miscellany
Hold to Thee
snow holds to the leaf
the leaf holds to the branch
the branch holds to the tree
as spirit holds to thee
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
Reverence
beneath crowns of white
hydrangeas bow their heads
in reverence to winter
Tiny Snowy Pine
in winter’s white silence
it spoke of peace and love
Everyday Magic
dry weeds in a snowy field
the filament and flash
of ordinary days
Pileated
the woodpecker reaches out
for the most succulent frozen crabapple
on the tree
Dreams
winter’s cold breath
obscures the mountains
revealing dreams
Elements
her transient nature
enhances the beauty that emerges
from the elements
Weaving
branches and weeds
a tapestry
woven on the loom of time
Ceaseless
gone are the flowers
gone are the seeds
and still she blooms
Diamond Woods
sunlight on frost
the woods bejeweled
and glittering
bare tree blue sky
reaching
up, up, up
this is worship
Other Northern Lights
maple seeds
shimmer and shine
in cold December sun
Anew, Again
the new season
asks me to see
everything anew again
Exposure
starkness unveils
beauty’s vulnerabilities
Exodus
delicate departure
wild aster
in seed
Twilight
the sun sets
on monoliths
eternal rest is fenced