JANUARY SNOW  A New Year’s snow, the snow untouched, the road is forked ahead, without a footprint or a track. The winter-morning shadows lean and indicate the right, but we want left where no one lives in winter, ‘round the bend and down the hill, a shuttered cottage on  the cove. It’s hard to visualize […]

 WINTER SOLSTICE                                   for Jeb                        The full moon floats in a cauldron of white. Along the bank, birches snatch at the boy as he skates the pond, dizzy […]

ISLAND POND HAS FROZEN  Island pond has frozen But not enough for skaters. Weather says: Three to five inches Of white stuff, Rain and sleet.  Hunker down, Hearth Huggers, Bolster forth, Brave Hearts.  Yes, we are dreamers of winter full, Still shy the solstice When time hangs still Twixt shorter nights And longer days to […]