20 February 2012

a watery sun


 
a watery sun     february deep in the reed beds  

 

13 February 2012

after the phone call

 

after the phone call     a chill     that has nothing to do with winter

   

stamping the snow from my boots


     
stamping the snow from my boots     some regrets i'll never be able to shake

  

graffiti


 
graffiti     i snap an icicle    from the rail-bridge shadows

  

across the frozen lake

   
    
across the frozen lake 

my binoculars find

sunlight in the winter reeds 

and the measured blink

of the fox

    

8 February 2012

full moon !

 
    
full moon !     i should bang on the sky with a broom handle

   

slow thaw

 
  
slow thaw     the sunlit drip of birdsong     in this melting world

  

receding with the snow


   
receding with the snow     the tracks of creatures we've never seen

  

5 February 2012

icebound


 
icebound     a boat called Freedom

 

waiting for snow

 
 
waiting for snow     the recipe calls for three bashed cardamons

 

my voice


   
my voice     in the lake ice     a bubble

  

from under the lake ice

 

from under the lake ice

the sun winks at me

- i think -

but then, i never could tell 

when i was being flirted with

  

12 January 2012

a flotilla of swans

 
   
a flotilla of swans     such warmth     as the day can muster

  

11 January 2012

a grey heron steps among the winter reeds

 

a grey heron steps among the winter reeds     the bleakness in my heart

   

7 January 2012

pressed flowers


    
pressed flowers      the questions it's too late to ask

  

31 December 2011

another new year's eve

 
 
another new year's eve     in the life     i haven't always been in love with

 

year's end

 
 
year's end     the world pays no heed to us     backwater swans

 

failing light

 
   
failing light       reading the stone wall's lichen braille

  

winter river


winter river      the cormorant breaks surface beyond its ripple

   

26 December 2011

fading light


     
fading light      above the homeward path      yellow gorse