Inside

Lo! Long underwear
Birds stay in their nests today
Toasty warm inside


The Chase

a giggling unseen starts the search, the chase, the run caught, she embraces


Suddenly

Wake to purple skies. “Sir, why have the heavens changed?” “Changed? No, that was you.”


Lockstep

warm handshake, embrace then walk lockstep together they need each other


Sound Off

Grow up, make no noise! (But! Inside there’s much music!?) Time now to thunder!


No Escape

Breezy tree leaves sound Fresh warm winds caress and clean cold. quiet. the box.


Summer Song

Barefoot harmonies Summer’s last song plays all night Ignoring Winter


Winter comes

Smell of warm wet leaves. Preparations for winter? Guaranteed bitter.


Overlooked

Forgotten questions Answers buzzing loudly now How do I catch them?


Subservient

Autumn butterfly Clichéd poems about you I’ll be your cocoon


Blessed rain

Blessed rain cleanse me of what some call sin but I call breathing


Generations

“Don’t want to be you!” “Wish I could go back to you…” “Fat chance, you old man!”


The Coldrums

Dry snow sidewinding Brown fawn resting on softwood Doe promises Spring