winter tried starting over
reglazing the pond with ice
and sprinkling grandma Moses flakes
After The Thaw
January Thaw
a window into coexistence
the ice and mud
dried leaf and green grass
Returning
no beginning or end
to the circular cycles
of nature and time
March Madness
a tangle of seasons
simultaneously
letting go and hanging on
This December’s Interval
rock, leaf, ice, snow
elements and artifacts
underfoot
Stop Action
the world stirs
then stops again
spring’s incremental approach
March Madness
when spring seems
inevitable and impossible
all at once
Gold Leaf
temporary thaw reveals
winter’s gilding
of last year’s oak
The Migration of Melt
the brook breaks free
and runs for the river
longing to unite with the sea
Thaw
temperatures rise
the ice parts
green reaches for the sun
Ice Jam
After an incomplete thaw
the river becomes its own obstacle.
White Water
Old oak leaves
shoot the rapids
of March’s thaw.
