the woods
hold no mercy
only space for grace
With An Open Heart
receive
the gift
of now
Tiny Are All Beginnings
at the crest
of a moss mountain
a pine begins
Refuge in Blue
sun and shade
sanctuary
at the lake
Go
green light
from the birch lampposts
luminosity of growth
Maple Blush
the landscape wears
a rosy glow
arousing all of spring
Humility
flakes as light as air
and still the humble pine
bows deeply to winter
You Again, Wise Friend
the look that speaks
an instruction
to be true
Luminous Flux
in the forest room
a chandelier of ice
whose switch plate is the sun
River Frosted Pine
river cold
reaches up
frosting from below
Regeneration
birch heals
the loss
hosting a pine
Quiet Courage
bowed to the forces of nature
resilience is the heart
of the wind swept pine
Growth
from green to blue to brown
many are the colors of the pine’s crown
Dearest Pine
offers color all through winter
and presents a profusion of green vitality
in these last heartless days before the blooming of spring.
Reprise
Snow laden pine
bows to the birch
winter takes a curtain call.
Forest Fireworks
Each new limb begins as a sparkler in green.
The pine celebrates its own independence day.
Pine
Powder sugar frosted pine.
Divine.
Needles and Bark
Tiny needles and a massive trunk
are balanced in the pine,
perfect counterparts.
Broken
Taken down by the wind
now the the mighty pine
nourishes the river bank and bottom.
So goes the cycle of life.