December 31: New Year's Eve

Last day of the year

I eat the moon and stars

left over from Christmas.

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December 30: Intruder

I can't see it
but I know where the hawk's perched
by following the crows.

December 29: End of the holidays

After the tree's down,

Christmas packed away,

I'm suddenly very tired.

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December 28: Readings in philosophy

Existentialism--

reading as we drive home

until it's too dark to see.

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December 27: Parking lot omen

Three crows in a row--

end of year augury

portending (we hope) good.

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December 26: Biscotti

Christmas sacrament:

my dad's homemade biscotti

dipped in hot cocoa.

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December 25: Starry night

Driving home from "Star Wars"--

Mount Battie star shining bright

from miles away.

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December 24: Christmas Eve

Night before Christmas--

instead of church

we play a long game of Scrabble.

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December 23: Carols

Singing Good King Wenceslas

as we make our way

up the snowy mountain.

 

 

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December 22: Unwind

After the party

on the couch with the cat

lulled by the dishwasher

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December 21: Solstice

On the highway:

"Santa sees you when you're speeding."

Orion overhead.

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December 20: Pair-bonding

First the male cardinal

then the female

flushes from the bird feeder.

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December 19: Social media

From a Portland bar

a friend shares with me

the holiday cocktail list.

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December 18: Insomnia

Late night after snowfall--

river a black ribbon

unspooling through dreams.

 

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December 17: O Tannenbaum

Snow falling all day.

After selling Christmas trees

my gloves smell like sap.

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December 16: Festive

Cocktail with a friend.

Twin Christmas trees reflecting

in her glasses.

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December 15: Cold snap

Below zero

Outside the restaurant

branches hissing in the wind

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December 14: Full Moon continued

By light of day
admiring full moon photos
on social media.

December 13: Long Nights Moon

Frosted window--

trying to see the full moon

without stepping outside.

 

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December 12: Appointment

Outside Family Planning
a sky-filling sunset
stops me in my tracks.

December 11: Storm warning

Cold haze veils the moon--

beautiful even though

it means a storm's coming.

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December 10: Dark at 4:30

Waxing moon shining back in

at the newly lit

Christmas tree. And me.

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December 9: Apple tree in December

Cold day, apple tree--

seven apple-colored doves,

one bright cardinal.

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December 8: Driving home

After the snow squall clears--

suddenly, Orion

over the white fields.

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December 7: Back home

After being away

for several days the cat

wanders the house crying.

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December 6: Basilica Ste.-Anne de Beaupre

Kangaroo, stork, ray--

surprised to find a zoo carved

on the end of the pews.

 

 

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December 5: Cold morning in Quebec City

Calèche horse wears a coat.

A shop's bare-armed mannequins

make me shiver.

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December 4: Vieux-Quebec

Above the cold river,

above the lit-up Chateau,

slim moon rising.

 

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December 3: First snow

A kid again

waking just after dawn

to see winter's first snowfall.

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December 2: Green Mountains

Driving northward through Vermont--

where Camel's Hump should be

only thick clouds.

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December 1: Dark

First day of advent:

the nights still grow longer.

Let's turn on all the lights.

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