• Winter Simplicity.

    sand dollar raindrops stretch in the cold
    out with the sane and in with the old
    glass beads on branches steam as they fall
    branches on mirrors, cracks in the wall
    keystone arches with translucent teeth
    bicycle stokes with an icicle wreath
    fire on white has an unpleasant bite
    she catches her fill in the dwindling light
    brindle-boy plumage in well-measured hoots
    sleepy and warm in the thick willow roots
    tinder will echo on well-traveled paths
    carried on leaves while the woodpecker laughs.