we warm ourselves
on the coldest days
with the sunset’s blaze
Sunset Blaze
Side By Side
a gathering
of out buildings
constitutes winter community
Protection And Care
the fence line wanders
towards the road
then cutting right
to safeguard the herd
Cotton Snow
the landscape
softly swaddled
in a purity of comfort
Asleep Like Bears
three canoes
in hibernation
dreaming of gleeful paddles
Portrait Of A Tree In Winter
a dark stark elegance
cloaks leafless branches
and incubates the unseen green
At The Pond
still waters
slow wandering clouds
I pause to let the peace seep into me
Primary Network
the landscape
an elaborate system
sharing data and social connections
Parable Of The Winter Woods
some leaves remain
amidst the snow
how hard it is
the letting go
With Less, More
white and grays and blues
the ground and branch and sky
expressing winter’s intricate simplicities
To Be Held
embraced
without distortion
protected and cherished
Morning Greeting
each day
the first friends I see
four fields across the way
February Dandelions
perennial hope
winter wished
for yellow blooms
Nature Writer
the dog tromps and romps
her tracks leave
a story of joy
Time Abstracted
within in the flow
it wrinkles and bunches
but always eventually
untangles itself
Ice Birds
perched upon
the window screen
then rising into flight
A Bit Of January Thaw
the field snow thins
river ice recedes
warmer air
passing through trees
Ascending
snowflakes climb the trees
each limb a rung
on the ladder back to heaven
Transformation
wearing a coat of white fur
the crabapple now
a Zao snow monster
Sunset In New Snow
the world
freshly brightened
with a lacquer of cold
Secrets
a morse code of snow
dots and dashes
flying past the pine
Water Open And Closed
the river keeps
one eye open
watching trees
The River Curves
motionless
the river wanders
the future and the past
Winter’s Butterflies
winged maple seeds
perched on the branch
fluttering in the wind
Smiled Upon
winter holds tight to the shadows
but OH the sun, the sun
the saving sun
Blue Sunset
dark clouds
blue with water
preparing to erase the snow
Alone Together
room for thoughts
to wander
between them
Beneath The Watch Of Elders
young pine
in the January snow
so many more years to grow
Morning Stars
night blessed the day
leaving stars
upon the window
Shaken
trees appear tiny
the world a snow globe shaken
then set gently down