black tracks
cutting through the cold
heading home
Motion
the leaves and the grasses
even the very air
dancing to winter’s tune
Snow Fern
browned fronds
their intricacies
flocked
Hope’s Devotion
even as
winter’s darkness gathers
color and light persist
This Is How Winter Begins
a snowfall
so fine
to be almost invisible
Goldenrod Gone By
in the cold
old blooms
imitate snow
The Dream After Waking
dawn reveals
the frosted woods
a lingering sugerplum dream
Thanksgiving
blessings bestowed
in sunshine and snow
great gratitude for all that is given
The Other Cabbage Rose
paradox of the purple bloom
petals holding both
snow and sun
Red Canoes Huddle In The Protection Of The Pines
as cold gathers
at the marsh’s edge
and starts to fill the sky
Delight
in every season
the apple tree
is my Eden
No One To Ask But The Fog And The Snow
will the curve
in the road
lead us back home?
The Haven Of Barns
come winter
they will encompass
my world
The Old Birch Disrobed
time
takes her
seasons dress her
Farmyard Blessings
the trough is full
and the pumpkin pile
is still high
Milkweed Snow
the snow
before the snow
beginnings in endings
White Capped Green Mountains
snow in retreat
to the highest elevation
as spring advances
In April
in earthen beds
beneath another snow
seeds shake off their sleeping caps
At The Homestead
the farm stand
the house and the barn
a trinity of roofs
Her Delicate Majesty
the queen
in light and shadow
the shimmer of her flowerless crown
Early Certainty
robins arrival
announce
the inevitability of spring
Play Time
the fluffy flurry
of spring and winter’s
pillow fight
Standing Seam
on the south side
winter zig zags
towards spring
Palisades
ledge edge
defined by snow
precarious perfection
Amidst Drifts
wind drifted
frozen marsh
a cattail cacophony
Winter Orchard
holding space
for
flower and fruit
So Where Was I
when
everyone else
got feathers
On The Nest
winter’s egg
roosting Spring’s
first stirrings
Tight Knit Community
all together
weathering the weather
shoulder to shoulder
Intaglio
designed
by tree lines
landscape etched by cold