Steps to Inauguration Day

We step into the next phase With lights for those Whose steps are ended Our feet firmly on the steps Continue reading →

New Year’s Snow

Three weeks into the calendar I woke to the New Year at last To a blanket of white Blinding and Continue reading →

The final snow of the old regime

The weather report Tucked in this morning with the news Said maybe it would snow today Reminding us that after Continue reading →

Fairy snow

The snow was so fine You could barely see it falling Even standing in the middle of the yard Letting Continue reading →

Barely snow

I didn’t write about this morning’s snow The unpredicted covering white startling My eyes too bright in early waking And Continue reading →

Maintaining sanity, and weight

I’m spending the morning Writing poetry And drinking too much coffee Trying not to eat the cake I should not Continue reading →

An intermittent snowstorm on a warm day

It woke me in the dark Like a sighing lover Turning in his sleep To leave warm sheets Where his Continue reading →

This is not a candle

This is not a candle’s light Flicking in the pre-dawn dark No tiny glow to push back night Before the Continue reading →