this beautiful chaos
always
rights itself
Winter’s Composition of Time
measurements made
in the time it takes
for a snow flake to fall
Collection
in black and white
the billowing bloom
a leafing and blossom of snow
Knowing Better We Had Hoped Anyway
dashing the hope
of early spring
winter returned
The Rest of Winter
despite
our brief reprieve
winter waits in the wings
Commotion
reeds
in a flurry
standing their ground
Passing Storm
the space between
dark clouds and us
is named grace
The Privileged
we watch
winter’s demanding dramatics
from inside our warm havens
After The Storm
tiniest
glow of light
begins a whole new day
Lightening Sky
in gathering darkness
the weathered barn
endures on
Weather
petal storm
May blizzards
in flowers
The Wind Winds Down
peeking out
the storm’s force and fury
remains in the tilted horizon
Humility
flakes as light as air
and still the humble pine
bows deeply to winter
Port in the Storm
hanging on
with gratitude
for what is available
Accumulation
blizzard snow
so fine it can be missed
as it gathers in inches and feet
Mountain Children
palisades reveal
the peaks and sheers
of this Appalachian’s child
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
Tresel
outlined as it is obscured
all the same
the bridge remains
Storm
so many clouds, a driving rain
a storm was grown
upon the tree
After The Storm
everything clean
fresh snow
renews hope
With
the better shelter
from the storm
is found with others
Winter Abstraction
storm’s contemplation
each flake a memory
and time reorganized
Seeing Screen
impending storm
winter window foretells
the approaching landscape
Slow Flakes
December storm
the world
snowglobe-ed
Winter’s Whitewash
brushstrokes hang in the air
as slow snow paints the world white
Spring Storm
weather races in
erasing the distance
with mist
Acceptance
calm can be found
even inside the storm
Wide Sky
clouds rush past
chased by the arctic wind
as I set my sights on blue
Ushered
one storm is ushered out
the next is ushered in
brief is the blue sky