facing the world
holding the space between them
safe and sacred
Gleaming
traverse the inevitable darkness
in honor of the gleaming
of the morning sun
New Horizons
winter caresses
the line of the limb
the reach of the branch
every new horizon
Day Break
banishing another night
day burns bright
Off Season
the summer house
in winter entertains
snow and cold
Taciturn Sky
a rustle of leaves
the sleeting snow
single digits
dip below
Dark Sky
dormancy depends
on darkness gathering round
the necessary shroud
sheltering inchoate spring
Winter Bedding
the ground has lost it’s blanket
but the pond’s white sheet of ice
is still pulled tight
Now Voyager
spirits voyage
into the pink
back to the source
Indecision
woods wrapped
in a shroud of cold
elements undecided
more rain or snow
Distant Fields
off in the distance
a four square
of snow filled fields
Exaltation
up, up, up
magnolia
on the rise
Hold Fast
our hearts recognize each other
let them touch and then hold fast
like birch in snow
never letting go
Snowy Woods
it is my thoughts that wander
into the snowy woods
finding their path towards peace
Sweet Dreams
winter wonder candy land
whipped cream snow and sugar plums
Beneath and Between
beneath the snow’s umbrella of white
between the porch and our dear crabapple tree
winter’s divine vista shines
Not Forgotten
a glimpse of light
on the darkest day
the sun has not forgotten us
Proper Attire
oak leaves
dress for winter
in snowy shawls of white
Each One
every flake and crystal
contributes to
the glittering
Recognition
how splendid is the color brown
when it is all the color to be found
True Size
big snow, tall trees
reminders of
how tiny we are
Distinction
indifferent
to all shades of grey
the black and white
of early snow
Sentry
the bluebird box
stands sentry
over winter’s weathering
of the field
Midst
December rain erased the snow
leaving palisades in the misty midst of grey
Winter’s White Dress
it comes and comes and covers all
the ground, the trees and all of fall
Embellished
berries bright
in drifts of white
winter adorns us
Hushed
quietest of sounds
autumn being sshh’d
first snow filling the woods
Other Snow
fragile and fleeting
blossoms like snow
Totem Tree
envoy of the gods
hawk’s perch
seat of souls
Convocation
a murder in the birch
the only victim time