misty mountain
recurring dream
of the sleeping field
Witness
in the still white
the field’s soul
lays bare
Regeneration
birch heals
the loss
hosting a pine
Winter Abstraction
storm’s contemplation
each flake a memory
and time reorganized
Pentirsi
pentimento landscape
stark space made by winter
prior home of earliest spring
Early Company
infinity of blue
venus and the moon
visit before night
Blanketed
snow legislates
the quiet
of the woods
To End Is To Begin
fresh light
fell on New Year’s Day
shadows came and had their say
Confidence in Elders
counsel sought
of two great pines
knowledge shared in silence
Snow Bird
on oak
leafed wings
snow bird flew
Outlier
snow balanced on limbs
daring the wind
to draw new silhouettes
Morning Moon
diamond edged air
cuts like a knife
morning moon’s cold light
Seeing Screen
impending storm
winter window foretells
the approaching landscape
Winter’s Nest
filled with snow
a cozy cold
winter’s nest
Finery
winter etches
all the fine edges
into landscape and memory
Slow Flakes
December storm
the world
snowglobe-ed
Kitchen Window View
unswerving is
the comfort of conifers
dependability of green
All Is Right
let the day
find you
as you are
Letting Go
ascending the morning fog
flying with the birds
unbound
Hush
quiet falling
silence
on the ground
Wild
herd
of birch gathers
in the zebra woods
Tentative
first snow
a little shy
to be dropping by
Dwelling
the old barn
is history’s house
home of every season’s work
Duty
in service
to the season
cliffside color clings
Time’s Thread
shadow’s long reach
knits together
shorter days
The Plenty
how can I miss the flowers
when every leaf’s in bloom
fall bouquets abound on trees
Birds As Leaves
wintry gust
dismisses the flock
flight like leaves
Echo
all the departures of fall
echo all the departures in life
a practice of fond farewells
One by One
each leaf
in their own time
glory then the fall
Pumpkin Patch
orange tide
awaits the moon
and frost to call it home