Send Off
Winter Clings
Three Posts
Revelation
Ice Jam
Ode to Winter
Room
Winter’s Crop
Tree’s Totem
Slope
Nearness
Gallant-Tree
The Choir
Curls
Golden girl of the forest
the birch wears its bark
in a cascade of curls.
Outcropping
Halo
Out of the Woods
Aspiration
River Run
Ocean Grass
the meadow waves
lap at the birch shore line
Balance
becomes possible
by accepting
circumstances.
Winter’s Approach
Ice creeps across the marsh.
Pine trees await their white winter coats.
Cold sharpens the silence.
Sugared Maple
The frozen world
creates the leaf’s
next incarnation of beauty
Cold Creek
The creek moves fast cutting its way
through the meadow towards the river
trying to outrun the inevitable freeze.
Homemaking
seeds take
feathered flight
for monarchs’ sake.
Old Man Frost
leaves his whiskers behind
when he runs through the woods
chasing moonbeams and sunshine.
The Bird Box
In silent anticipation
the whole marsh waits for
the grace of the bluebird’s arrival.
Awake
I dream
of golden clouds
and painted fields.
Foothold
the ancient ones
leave their footprints
above and below the land.
