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
Filagree Trees
a filagree of trees
upon the painted sky
a tribute to the end of day
how beauty never dies
Field Psalm
dried grass’
wind song
autumn’s hymn
Sensei
master teacher
of color
Japanese maple
Electric Sky & Tree Bones
sunset spectacle
fluid beauty
at the speed of light
The Good Company of Trees
changes are weathered
amidst constant beauties
in the good company of trees
Apple Majesty
with a crown
of ruby fruit
the queen presides
Other Side
just before the hard frost
the grass is at its greenest
a promise to meet us
on the other side of winter
Modesty
naked trees
made
dusk blush
Enchantment
the pink forest
beckons
magic is afoot
Tableau Vivant
forest tableau
a soft rendering
of November
Trio
waiting for the cornfield to be mowed
bovine beauties bask
in the last of Indian summer’s sun
Divesting
the landscape disrobes
and through thinning color
the mountain emerges
Married
the roof is meadow of moss
a common law marriage
of structure and elements
Watercolor
the ripple of birch
a wash of maple, ash and pine
soft autumn seen
Falling
leaves flight
delivers them
back to their roots
Color is the Light
orange and purple dawn
honored by the morning moon
color is the light of autumn’s days
Willow Chairs
beneath the changing colors
with feet in a rainbow of leaves
these are the seats to spend time with time
Thirst
edges drink the colors
of weather and time
which paint the leaves
Color Divulged
morning fog rolls out
revealing the days
new colors
Fortification
the landscape floods with color
and soaks into our every cell
fortifying us for winter’s long monochrome
Red Dress
The maple
in her red dress
turns heads