high heeled
cold struts
through January
The Bench In Solitude
wind
rests on the bench
waiting for direction
Into The Gleaming
ice and light
how bright
the ordinary shines
Fine Lined Cold
winter draws
flourishes and finery
with a subzero stylus
Today In The Future’s House
weathering winter
barn and silo
house our future
Ice Queen
taciturn
winter wore
a crown of bittersweet
January Missive
the mail box
holds another
delivery of cold
Elemental Kindness
gentle snow
softening the world’s
hard edges
Sleep Tight
old apples
wear stocking caps
for their long winter’s naps
The First Day
the new year’s
pristine landscape
and horizon of hope
Afternoon Sun
in the brevity
of winter’s landscape
truth shines
Oh Tannenbaum
nearly tall enough
to be topped by
a real star
Distant Company
just beyond
the line of pines
dear neighbors
In Winter’s Grey
patch of light
in the field out back
salvation
The Landscape’s Art
masterpiece
the window’s view
of painted pines
Countenance
joy’s gesture
expressive limbs
welcoming winter
Falling
soft
and slowly
calm descends
Secrets
winter gathers
at the pond’s edge
hiding cold amongst the reeds
Suspension
first flurry
winter whispers
the world is hushed
Between
dark shadows
mountain’s first snow
last days of fall
Foreshadowing
winter waited
at the edge
of the changing meadow
Dunes
seeking
heat and blue
white and cold found
Winter’s Recompense
web of life
pulse of spring
renewal’s divining
Needles and Thread
evergreen thread
stitching together
each season to the next
Humility
flakes as light as air
and still the humble pine
bows deeply to winter
Flower Found
a winter rose
pink petal bark
the birch in bloom
Haven
shelter in the rhododendron
waiting out winter
alongside flower buds
Iceland
February grew
trees of ice
a forest of cold
Moonlight Sun
winter’s day
the sun and moon
transposed
Hard Won Purchase
granite and ice
a cold hard home
for velvet moss