Thursday, January 2, 2014

Shortest Days

drifting flakes           blow across

rime and mist          ice and frost

               finches flutter

              cold mice glean

   feral cat with grey-eyed gleam


Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Red-Tailed Hawk

red-tailed hawk

laps through air

to earth



landing

abstracts her form

no longer bird

whirling

but a

shifting mound

of leaves



denying prey

recognition

Waiting . . .

 . . .  waiting for bare branches to bear delicate leaves for fluctuating ice to become “Ice Out!” for shy shaded snows to boldl...