All along the road
brown-stained snow – reminder of
collective passage
JDG
Wayward
Starting from here, I
finally made my way to
there and still was lost.
JDG
Red, White, and Blue
When that swoop of red
met that swoop of blue amidst
a field of white, I
wondered if we were in for
a patriotic
fight, but that cardinal and jay
formed a more perfect
union. They pecked not at each
other but at seed discovered.
JDG
Done With Done
Done in and undone
by this blast of snow… the truth
is I was simply
done until the sun arrived,
and began a slow
undoing of what the storm
had so fiercely tried to do.
JDG
Catch The Drift?
As snow drifts downward
kids’ spirits soar – a no-school
Monday lies in store.
JDG
Selective Sharing
After some hours
he returns, that male cardinal,
and proudly shows her
his find. Side by side they sit,
and sheltered from snow,
they dine, pausing only long
enough to tilt their
heads and give a sideways glance
toward encroaching chickadees.
JDG
Preparing For If
If the big snow shows
parents will be as ready
as they can be, but
kids and teachers have been more
than ready for weeks and weeks.
JDG
New Green
I want to appreciate what’s newly
green in me and
in others.
I want
to
be
careful
to give this
young growth what it
needs and not judge it by what’s fully grown.
JDG
Winter Witness
Small patches of white –
reminder of snowfall past
and the one to come
JDG
Departure
Small bit by small bit
they let go, then quickly reached
again for something
of you to hold – even as
your train slowly pulled away.
JDG
