Watching the snow hiss Bush-sheltered, feather-fluffed bird And a window cat Every snowfall 2022-23 #9, trace
Enough
Not enough snow to make the walking treacherous But still enough to feel emphatically like winter Not enough wind to Continue reading
Winter came
Winter came this week In snowy drizzle Just a bit each day Under sky grey freeze A little Downy dust Continue reading
Born today
Was the eight billionth baby Born while her father looked out the window At the year’s first snow? Or in Continue reading
Marigolds in October
Sunshine’s avatars A golden hullaballoo Against grey October sky Like a jaundiced jungle yellow, orange, magenta, red Belying the juggernaut Continue reading
What mornings should be
With the storm windows in The outdoors is muted into irrelevance And the loudest sounds Are the cat purring And Continue reading
In August
In August the garden Which has been tolerating Our pretensions to cultivation Breaks free In a riot of color and Continue reading
Warning
I wish it would get warm As I stand here watching the squirrels twitch their tails The twitching is Sciuridae Continue reading