summer’s ghost
saving a place
for her corporeal self
Holding Space
Side By Side
a gathering
of out buildings
constitutes winter community
Protection And Care
the fence line wanders
towards the road
then cutting right
to safeguard the herd
Cotton Snow
the landscape
softly swaddled
in a purity of comfort
Portrait Of A Tree In Winter
a dark stark elegance
cloaks leafless branches
and incubates the unseen green
Port In The Storm
our porch perch
is piled with snow
we are snug inside
Primary Network
the landscape
an elaborate system
sharing data and social connections
Parable Of The Winter Woods
some leaves remain
amidst the snow
how hard it is
the letting go
With Less, More
white and grays and blues
the ground and branch and sky
expressing winter’s intricate simplicities
To Be Held
embraced
without distortion
protected and cherished
Morning Greeting
each day
the first friends I see
four fields across the way
Yankee Thrift In The Granite State
fence posts of
granite and tree trunks
we use what we have
Nature Writer
the dog tromps and romps
her tracks leave
a story of joy
A Bit Of January Thaw
the field snow thins
river ice recedes
warmer air
passing through trees
Ascending
snowflakes climb the trees
each limb a rung
on the ladder back to heaven
Transformation
wearing a coat of white fur
the crabapple now
a Zao snow monster
Sunset In New Snow
the world
freshly brightened
with a lacquer of cold
Secrets
a morse code of snow
dots and dashes
flying past the pine
Water Open And Closed
the river keeps
one eye open
watching trees
Wildflower Storm
a flurry
of flowers
the petals accumulating
Cold Trees
even the trees
shiver when
it gets below zero
Blue Sunset
dark clouds
blue with water
preparing to erase the snow
Patience And Perseverance
amongst the snow
a dreaming blossom bud
and hope made manifest
Alone Together
room for thoughts
to wander
between them
Beneath The Watch Of Elders
young pine
in the January snow
so many more years to grow
Dinner Waits
the crabapple tree
set like a table
for the cardinal and cedar waxwings
Shaken
trees appear tiny
the world a snow globe shaken
then set gently down
A House For The Wind
racing in and out
the doors and windows
opened by absence
The Old Oak’s Salutations
the old oak
in an elegant turn
of welcome and farewell
Ho Ho Ho The Snow
old apples
in their Santa hats
Christmas in the orchard