February 8: Rubies

Sunlit sumac berries—

precious as rubies

to winter robins.

January 23: Bulbs

Frost on the window.

Undeniably phallic

amaryllis bud.

January 21: Wildlife

Dead of winter.

In my morning coffee

a drowning fruit fly.

December 13: Election

While the Solstice is about a week away, sunset this afternoon is a tiny bit later than yesterday. Our turn toward the light has already begun.

Election results.

One minute more of daylight,

one less of darkness.

November 28: Winter moths

Winter moths—
it figures the females
would be flightless.

November 20: Re-reading Bernd Heinrich’s WINTER WORLD

Shivering I read

how tree frogs survive

being frozen all winter.

January 6: Epiphany

If only my mind
mirrored this white winter sky
with the strip of blue.

January 3: Weeping

Leaving branches

all over the driveway--

willow tree protests winter.

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January 1, 2017: Evening reading

Maine winter's night:

sitting here reading about

Monet's waterlilies.

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February 26: Premature

Bright new shoots of chives--

don't get too aroused,

it's only February.

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February 7: A winter Sunday

A winter Sunday in Maine:

poetry reading

then the Super Bowl.

February 5: In the bleak midwinter

wet snow falling heavy

unexpected

grief of one loss, another

 

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January 3: Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"

Cozy winter evening,
murder mystery on...
life's strange comforts.

December 30: Driving in winter

That moment before
car tires finally grip the ice--
how sweet, this short life.

December 22: First day of winter

Cold rain falling

on the first day of winter.

Grateful for cookies.

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December 14: Purple

On the compost pile

uprooted kale, bright purple

almost a flower

 

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March 29: Where the deer were

In the old snow,

tracks zig-zagging up a hill--

a long winter for deer too.

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March 19: Spring Equinox Eve

Bent and broken trees,

a grange hall's caved-in roof--

what survives winter?

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March 18: March is going out like a lion

All night, roaring gusts,

all day, roaring gusts--

release your burdens, Winter.

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February 23: Porch light

Winter twilight--

neighbor's porch light glows,

an evening star.

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