Humming in tree tops--
Cable box sends images
Above the snow field.

Sky is cloudless blue;
Bright light bounces off the snow--
The sun is winning.










Stream bends in bright light,
Bubbling through the snow banks,
Making sun liquid.

Shapes in the forest:
Shadows, snow, trees intermix;
Winter illusions.

Guarded by saplings--
Ancient tree stump capped with snow;
Crown for the old king.

Rustle in the bush--
A flickering flash of red;
A cardinal flutters.




Like grasping fingers
Bare slender branches reach up
To grab winter sun.

Face in the tree trunk:
Two big eyes stare out blankly--
Totem of an owl.










Wrapped in blue plastic,
Three newspapers on driveway
Gathering up time.