finally, some snow
pretty enough for a pic
to wipe hopelessness
Flake by Flake
conservation
Perfectly Fleeting
my pup, lake, camp, board:
seemingly perfect weekend
(calm before the storm)
the weather plagues me
sending wind when there was none
and stealing these views
if i could lift wings,
glide pelican-like, headfirst,
it wouldn’t matter
alas, i must walk
through all the humanoid storms
that we’ve created
Shades of Color
recent garden news:
our tenth homegrown salad meal,
lupines, lilies, love
Dawn’s Climate Crisis
you can feel the heat
creeping into the photo
burning from within
A Tree Grows in Denver
family tradition:
plant trees for graduates
and watch how they grow
my mother's tree stands
at my great-aunt's former home
taller than us all
my sister's tree shades
disappearing middle-class
(our childhood home)
and my tree shocks me
evading the ash borer
with grandiose grace
Rhubarb Rules
what you don’t see here:
picking rhubarb in the rain
for salvation pie
Renaissance
all i want today
is to watch the sunlight shift
on these reborn blooms
the blue-sky morning
can't capture a year of loss
(oh Lord, that sweet scent)
yet afternoon light
so perfectly shines rosy
(ends this hell-frost year)
Ready, Set, Rise
winter sunrise strokes
as soft as with a paintbrush
with red glow on snow
power lines define
the hidden energy here
ready to rise up
a long-shadowed pup
feels tall in the morning light
ready for the day
Yet, So Heavy
the sun god returns
leaving only soft snow drifts
to battle today
Powder Power
only two days late
the snow has taken over
(Lord, save us from drought)
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