The Play of Winter Sunlight

Now the snow crunches;
A schoolbus rounds the corner--
Normal winter day.

Shadows on the road:
Black, sharp pointed and jagged,
From the white snow bank.












Dark shadows, white snow--
The play of winter sunlight
On a frozen morn.









The fence is open--
It has welcomed the snow bank
Pushing to get in.

Snow plow attempted
But it could not cover up
The silly smug sign.









Yellow snow patches
Next to an empty parking space:
Dogs gone for a ride?









A blast of sunshine
Washes up the mountain road
But it melts nothing.

Raised ridged waffled shapes;
Soft chain links and turkey trails:
Tire tracks in the snow.