Blinding morning sun
Splashes shadows on house
But does not thaw snow.

Sprouting from the snow
Spindly branches of the bush
Cast their own shadows.

Piled on the snow
The house gives up its refuse--
Memories thrown out.

Two black and white birds
Fluttering in the bushes
Constantly hopping.










Leaning on the tree
Precariously balanced:
Green chair in the snow.

Snow tracks far below
Disappear into the woods--
Long ago creature.

Stuck in the tree trunk
A dead leaf sticks out erect
Just pointing nowhere.









Further in the woods
Disappearing deer body;
Scavenger's delight.