mourning dove feathers puffed out in a battle with the frost
driftwood anchor an otter surveying the icy water
pintail duck in midair I could use a wingful of energy
may apple on the forest floor the sun finally reaching your bones
bewick's wren the lilacs can't be far away
a bullfrog's swim through the fallen leaves of the last storm
abandoned field fireflies creating their own path of light
years' past the pink columbine from Colorado here, too
allred lake the cypress older than our republic
wild geranium bloom I, too, have life lines
castor river the granite forms of resistance
rest stop the monarch shielded by a sunflower
orange sky the stained glass of sugar maples
gnarled cedar how many revolutions have you seen
cardinal bright morning the red notes of someone else's song
a ring-billed gull its wings tilting towards the new year
Inspired by 2013's Natural Events Calendar
