new year old year the mobster-in-chief inciting a mob
Thursday, January 7, 2021
snowstorm no one expecting the bluebird
morning hike a cottontail standing in the snow
ice crystal tethered to the briefness of winter
swift current the sycamores tinged with rust
hughes mountain a fog drifts into our silence
trail guide each black-eyed susan
snowy owl how many miles did I walk to get here
a white tail negotiating the riffles
female cardinal red enough to be a beacon in the cedar
spotting a gray fox every color in the crayon box
lunch time a butterfly in a field of thistle
a scraggly wildness in the milkweed blooms
no one knows how they got here gooseberries part of the fence
sunny umbrellas the gray headed coneflowers
it's not spring until the redbuds open
sleepy hollow the sudden gold of witches' butter
the purpleness of a prairie in september
rain clouds on our last walk together
Inspired by 2020's Natural Events Calendar
Sunday, January 3, 2021
frozen facebook page unfriended by winter
insomnia what do sheep count
years of neglect in the barn's collapse
black ice a skid turns serious
doctored documentary this is not what happened
subtle changes in the gray to grey clouds
the spaces of loneliness, the senseless clutter
repurposed keys and the doors they went to forgotten
Monday, November 16, 2020
2020s Legacy
winter spell the concession a con session
vaccine in deep freeze his hand puppets agree we are turning the corner
freedom rally logic bald eagles don't wear masks
stormy weather a voting conspiracy clouds the Capital
stalled front mister nature and his predictable temper tantrum
a president's bruised ego doesn't care california's still burning
herd immunity fables from those who are immune to the truth
covid-19 march a virus more organized than we are
broken concrete the walls of the promised land crumbling
wind advisory a heron roosting in the sycamore