January 31: Orange

It's good for me--

unpeeled orange

in a blue-and-white China bowl.

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January 30: Robins

Winter's come to this:

flock of robins foraging

for last summer's fruits.

January 29: Cedar Waxwing

Waxwing calling

as I enter the hair salon.

Not everything's frozen.

January 28: Awake

Awake in the dark
I try to lie still.
How many hours till dawn?

January 27: Amaryllis

At Janet's house yesterday, heated by the wood stove and sun coming in the big, south-west facing windows, she shows me photographs of Hawaii.

Sunny winter window:
three amaryllis bloom
against a backdrop of snow.

January 26: Snowy Owl at the Ice Bar

As we walked in the dark across the parking lot of the Samoset Resort last night, on our way to visit the outdoor Ice Bar there, a Snowy Owl flew over our heads and landed in front of us in full view on the roof of the fitness center, its white body shining in the dark.

 

The Ice Bar inspired

a visitation by

an Arctic emissary.

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January 25: From inside

I watch one crow

carry food to river's edge,

fly off in falling snow.

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