the tree’s shadow
shingles’ memory
of a past life
Winter’s Shadow
shadows in the snow
soon to be transformed
by the grass and leaves that grow
Hunger
late february afternoon
everything hungers for light and warmth
so quickly the sun recedes
Oracle Tree
shadows of leaves
dance on the snow
wise is the oak
Long Shadow
January’s long shadow
reaches for the new year
as she carries the past
Revealed
shadow and ice reveal
the fence’s wobbly fears
Purple Dawn
it is the sky
that flowers
in winter
Reverence
beneath crowns of white
hydrangeas bow their heads
in reverence to winter
Steeple
homage
to the heavens
home of homes
Golden Delicious
Grandmother apple tree
comforts the afternoon
with shade.
Rising
The sun’s warming rays
reach the depths of the pond
summoning fish to the surface.
Time Keeper
The ledge measures time
by lichen, moss and shadow.
Frost Beard
The stump
wears a stubble of frost
autumn’s five o’clock shadow
Destination
Through the dried grass
the wooden path
leads to winter.
Shadow Lands
light and dark
waltz across
the hilltops
Beguiled
In the moonlight
the shadow of summer’s ghost
passes by the pumpkin.
In A Certain Slant Of Light
Before the burst of color
fall appears in those moments just before twilight
and presents a world illuminated from within.
Slope
The end of summer
has found her
angle of repose.
Garden Art Show
A transitory garden mosaic
of shadow, leaves and granite veins.
Panta rhei
The flower has turned to pod
the warmth of the sun belies the bite in the breeze
everything flows.
Gifts
Nature presents her complexities to the observant eye
and her mysteries to the open heart.
Garden Illuminata
leaves harmonize
with shadow and light
in the stillness resides everything
Benevolence
As dusk descends a storm approaches,
celestial light graces the trees
and shelters the shadow of the house.
Shadow
The pond shows me how
to see the thing that is least visible.