eager for spring thaw:
groundhog nibbles shoots of grass?
no -- just a patient stone
I
winter trees bending
down under heavy snow
branches becoming roots
do spring birds nest
beneath the snow waiting
to burst into flight when
the branches snap upwards . . .
Snow came near the turning of the year; rain on warmer days washed it away: the weather is undecided as to the season Follow the coyote'...