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 . . .
the morning sun reaches the upper branches of our oak in silhouette but not yet lit perches a bird a mockingbird I decide the head - shoulde...