March 8: Snowdrop

under all that fresh snow

first tendrils of snowdrops

that had just appeared

March 7: Winter travel

change of plans
single crow on a bare branch
under falling snow

February 7: Symphony No. 25

First flakes start to fall.

Mozart symphony playing

while the cat sleeps on.

January 30: Snowing

Swirling snow—

only the undaunted crows

remain visible.

January 5: Finches at the feeder

Eleventh day of Christmas—

snowstorm gave to me

two finches feeding.

December 25: Watching starlings in a snowstorm

Christmas morning.

Starling on a windowsill

eating windblown snow.

December 22: Feeder watch

Snow begins to fall.

As many juncos as flakes

under the feeders. 

December 10: After the storm

Echoes of last night’s storm—

laden branches letting loose

small clouds of snow.

December 9: Snowstorm

Shadow government.

Three crows flying

in a city snowstorm.

March 15: After the storm

paths shoveled in snow

to what matters most:

car, shed, birdfeeder, mailbox.

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March 14: Snow Day

reading about Tibet

deep rumble of snow plow

the old gods

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February 13: Blizzard

Snowed in all day

focus narrowed to one book

I read a woman's life.

 

(Highly recommend Megan Marshall's new biography of Elizabeth Bishop: A MIRACLE FOR BREAKFAST.)

 

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February 12: Storm Warning

Swarms of robins

storming the crabapple tree

ahead of the blizzard.

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February 10: Before dawn

After the storm

trees cast long shadows on snow

under the setting moon.

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January 7: Distractions come easy when you're trying to write

Distracted by a flock of birds,

then by falling snow.

Trying to write.

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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 8: Driving home

After the snow squall clears--

suddenly, Orion

over the white fields.

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February 13: Snow day

Ten degrees, wind howling.
Curled up with a book
on the Salem witch trials.

February 5: In the bleak midwinter

wet snow falling heavy

unexpected

grief of one loss, another

 

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February 19: Happy hour

Before dinner with friends--

a strong drink shared with you,

snow falling, streetlights.

 

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