early morning
the blueness
of snow

sleying the reed
my teacher’s
voice

dawn
starlings in
murmuration

silent contrast
snow covered
trees

Golden tamaracks
snowbirds
take flight

full bloom
the forsythia again

landing
the eagle
folds its wings

sea smoke
suspended over ice
so cold

silhouettes on the field
sandhill cranes

still waters
the loon slips below


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swirling from branches
a dusting
of snow


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settling on the park bench
first snow


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tamaracks’ blaze

snow on the air


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motorcycles
on Queen Street
I hold
my star pose


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seagulls dive
racing the wind


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watching the blizzard
my windshield at warp speed


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scribbling across the sky
flock of geese


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drifting
                       drifting
drifting
                      drifting
ice floes in the river
slowly drifting

on old fieldstones
a new barn raising

windows open
birdsong again

last fall's leaf
mistaken for a butterfly

warm breeze
a shower of apple blossoms

Snowflakes
                             sliding
                                               down
                                                                ­           the window
            First day of spring

Float planes tethered
waiting for spring

On the subway
the children are brightest

"Seldom Seen Road"
Passed each day




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amidst the weathered wood
a new barn door




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Winter sleigh ride
Snowballs perched in sapling branches



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Late summer
A red yew berry


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Puddles beneath snowbanks
Finally; spring



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Clinging to rock cut;
Frozen waterfall



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Sun filtered through
grey clouds
Snow crunches underfoot



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Splintered grey with rusting roofs
Old barns in the fall

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Smoke here in the Sault
Yet to be seen but now smelled
Lifts prayers for Timmins


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Full dark; late autumn
Lights flicker yellow and white
on Grand Traverse Bay


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Late summer's night sky
Last blue and gold slides away
over black pine trees


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Early summer's eve
Green ash leaves on blue sky and
seagulls wheeling 'round


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Saturday morning
Wings tipped, now hung; suspended
Bush plane in the air



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Late winter at dusk
Blue-white puzzle pieces float
Mosaic in ice




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Three in the morning
Full moon bathes the yard and snow
Trees wait in silence




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Late fall, grey skies and
just enough snow on the road
to swirl and blow




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Blue mid-winter noon
Fat mallard nipping tails
Snow is here at last

Perched at the feeder,
Blue Jay's feathers are ruffled
in the winter storm

The river's frozen
I was only gone two weeks
So much can happen

Head down, I can still
Taste the tears on my desktop
All those years ago

Such different paths
And I; no longer needed
Grieve for my best friend

January storm
Refilling the birdfeeders
as trees are cracking

Cool summer's eve
Tucked snug beneath the blanket
Night wind kisses me

I have jars of them
"Here's another one you'd like!"
More rocks from my dad

Blue winter morning
Still dark.  Two small chickadees
on a snow-covered branch