Sun plays hide and seek;
Wood smoke drifts over the roof;
Lone dove coos on wire.

Mirrors in the stream
Reflect the icy gray sky
And shimmer slowly.

Green and flourishing:
Ivy on the snow capped trunk
Defying winter.








Overwhelmed by snow
Back of the mailbox peeks out--
No delivery.

Winding through the rock
The slim tree trunk emerges
To reach for the sky.












Now covered with snow
Abandoned nest high in the tree.
Two crows caw in woods.

In the road ahead
Deer runs to the other side
In blink of an eye.












Bowed down by the snow
Fir tree almost touches ground--
Homage to winter.