New Years Eve

Two friends sip champagne
Plows push snow piles down the street
The old year sneaks off.

December 26, 2009

Shroud

A winter white sheet
Shrouds the shoulders of silent
Trees waiting for dawn.

December 10, 2009

Wet Snow

Snow blue with water
An iceberg in my driveway
Stops traffic, the plow.



December 9, 2009

Blades

Blades of green grass poke
Through the virginal white snow
Beneath a bare birch.



December 7, 2009

Merry Christmas

Tonight children wait
Parents pray that they sleep soon
So Santa may come.


December 24, 2009

Blanket

A receding blanket
Of first fresh snow on the walk
Beneath the red door.



December 4, 2009

First Flake

The first small white flake
Floats out of a steel gray sky
To rest on black earth.



December 3, 2009

Around the corner

Around the corner
Just past the bare yellow birch
A deep white snow drift.



December 2, 2009

Border

The border between
Light and dark is a sharp chalk
Line neatly snapped.



December 1, 2009

Clouds

Clouds like venetian
Blinds slice the sky in ragged
Stripes of blue and white.



November 30, 2009

Deer

A deer stops stock still
At the edge of a clearing
Charged the gold grass.



November 25, 2009

Branch

A bare broken branch
Pirouettes in the crisp cold
Air, whirls on the wind.



November 24, 2009

White-wet Clouds

White wet clouds surround
Off balance, reach without touch
Earth and sky obscure.



November 23, 2009

Lying on my Face

Lying on my face
In a soft warm bed eyes closed
Dreams out of reach.


November 20, 2009

For Updike

Rabbit runs across

The garden seeking fresh greens

As Autumn recedes.

November 19, 2009

Sun Splashed

Sun-splashed landscape

Just beyond the cloud cover

Always out of reach.

November 18, 2009

Clear Skies

Clear skies, traces of smoke

Drift across a blackened

Prairie - embers fade.

November 17, 2009

Cloud

Cloud filled skies close

Above a dank grey clearing

Empty, windy cold.

November 16, 2009

Geese

Geese rest secreted

In chopped corn field, heads

Peek over the stalks.

November 11, 2009