June 12: Gift

morning coffee

the wind has strewn 

heart-shaped petals

February 28: Windfall

fallen branch

from my neighbor’s willow

hung up on our fence 

October 15: Wind in the willow

With each gust

willow boughs reaching

across the window—

August 3: Harbormaster

U.S. flag atop

the harbormaster's shack

blowing northerly.

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May 19: Offshore breeze

On the island

blown by the wind--

leaf or a hummingbird?

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March 2: Hearing things

Whisper in the pines

I turn my head:

not wind, but a small gray bird.

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January 17: Post-holiday

Days after high winds,

still finding Christmas balls

scattered in the woods.

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November 12: Moonlight

Awakened by wind.

A path lain by moonlight

leads me to the bathroom.

 

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November 11: Low tide

Low tide on the Passy.

I mistake wind-blown leaves

for lingering shorebirds.

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October 24: It turns cold

Branch stripped bare:

two crows swaying in the wind.

Not a metaphor. Nope.

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October 6: Hurricane tracking

wind in the oak trees

acorns rain down like hail

we don't know what's coming

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September 29: Bluster

What the wind offers:

Butterfly. No. Yellow leaf.

And then takes away.

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September 28: NE winds up to 25 MPH

atop Lighthouse Hill

windblown thoughts scatter

flickers across the meadow

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June 9: Front

This relentless wind--

all I want is to sleep

outside in the June sun.

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June 1: Insomnia

Geese pass in the dark.

At dawn, rising wind.

I listen to your breathing.

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May 9: Where are the swallows?

Swarmed by blackflies

while picking violets

I welcome the northeast wind.

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March 8: Ice-out

Fragments of tinkling ice

shatter on the rocky shore,

lake a tragic wind chime.

 

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February 13: Snow day

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

January 13: While we were away

Branches on the lawn--
while we were away
trees and wind threw a party.

November 14: After the terrorist attacks in Paris

Un vent froid du nord.
Je pense aux trottoirs de Paris
entasses avec des fleurs.