Late-winter evening, a light snow, ...
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Ark
All night the wind filled with snow howls against our walls. What happens to the animals, or people still outside I do not know. Small ship on a vast ocean our house sails alone through the gale. Carries us fretting to the borders of morning, the furnace and the radio land ahoy. ~~~
The late March snowfall
The late March snowfall melts on Sunday: brown cows sprawl on matted grass
Rhyming couplets for unmatched snowflakes
Snow and snow is all I know It comes and stays and doesn't go It bundles me in peace and calm The days so short the dark nights long We play a bit and rest much more Our weary bodies we restore Snow and snow I'm glad to know It's not yet time for you … Continue reading Rhyming couplets for unmatched snowflakes
Moonlit snow records
Moonlit snow records small creatures' escapades. Sun wipes the slate clean. ____________________
Feed me
Feed my winter heart, my famished, desperate eyes - pour sunlight on the snow and brew my spirits' rise. ____________________
Walk you to work
Walk you to work through deep snow. Homeward, I trace our boot prints, side by side. ____________________
Head-on they come
Head-on they come, four mares galloping. Hooves beat down, fresh snow feathers up. ____________________
like a prayer
Make it like a prayer that first step onto fresh snow. In this small, quiet moment you have not yet invented yourself. ~~~
Snow Globe
The changes that can take place between the first and final versions of a poem astound me. Sometimes in my poetry journals I am lucky to find both preserved. Here are two approaches from 2010 to a snow-filled morning: haiku, version 2; and the original poem, version 1. It was my year of writing daily … Continue reading Snow Globe
A Space to be Filled 