undaunted
spring’s victory crown
rises
Time’s Labor
clouds and sun
snow’s toe hold of cold
all cultivating spring
Sugar Snow
oh reign of candy rain
enticing trees
to let the sweetness flow
Flower Found
a winter rose
pink petal bark
the birch in bloom
Leaf and Twig
both separated
from the tree
yet still entwined
Sovereignty
each sovereign tree
depends upon
the next, next and next
As It Is
weight of time
can be carried in every
form it comes in
Made Known
foot of quiet
a tangible peace
in the stilled world
Mountain Children
palisades reveal
the peaks and sheers
of this Appalachian’s child
Magic in the Marsh
bullrush
wizard watching
over winter
Synapse
signals sent
of bloom and rest and bloom
dormancy too must be received
Flight Delay
milkweed seeds shiver
reluctant to fly
side by side with the snow
We
inside the storm
we feast and sing
life demands our living
Mosaic
there go
the trees again
making art from life
Together
nothing in common
but proximity of place
root enough for community
Irregardless
in the sunless day
lift your head
anyway
Tresel
outlined as it is obscured
all the same
the bridge remains
Winter Dreams
in the comfort of cattails
keeping watch
frogs and fish fast asleep
Eloquence
the fact
and fluency of grace
no line is ever straight
186,000 Miles Each Second
in every grey day
light is always at work
moving towards a breakthough
Stitched
snow threads
through thistle needles
quilting winter
River Wilds
leopard spots
zebra stripes
camouflage of ice
River Frosted Pine
river cold
reaches up
frosting from below
With
the better shelter
from the storm
is found with others
Austerity
sharp edged
cold etches
light into dark
A Lingering
red canoe
a memory
of summer’s kiss
Kind Provision
bird box
in the sunflower field
surety of place
Witness
in the still white
the field’s soul
lays bare
Pentirsi
pentimento landscape
stark space made by winter
prior home of earliest spring
Discernment
sunlight and shadows
the only guests received
preservation of retreat