Monday, February 29, 2016

29 February 2016

Our cardinal,
Too quick for my camera,
In the afternoon.

29 February 2016

Sunday, February 28, 2016

28 February 2016

Listen  to the wind...
It whips the bare trees, rustles
Fall's remaining leaves.

28 February 2016

Thursday, February 25, 2016

25 February 2016

I expect nothing.
Which is good, because nothing
Is what I’m getting.


25 February 2016

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

24 February 2016

Watching the snow fall.
As if the trees are hiding
Within a white mist.
24 February 2016

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

23 February 2016

Watching the sun set...
Geese flying in formation
Are black silhouettes.

23 February 2106

Sunday, February 21, 2016

21 February 2016

Sitting in the dark,
Flickering images on screen,
A dream world seems real.

21 February 2016

Saturday, February 20, 2016

20 February 2016

Nearly  3 AM...
What's one sleepless night matter,
Among so many?

20 February 2016

Friday, February 19, 2016

19 February 2016

Outside, trees bending,
Swaying, moaning as the wind
Roars through the city.

19 February 2016

Thursday, February 18, 2016

18 February 2016

Late at night, awake,
Reading poems about death...
And resurrection.

18 February 2016
(Dean Young, Shock by Shock,
poems written just before and
after his heart transplant.)

Sunday, February 14, 2016

14 February 2016

And now it's snowing...
Like I didn't feel crappy
Enough already.
14 February 2016

Friday, February 12, 2016

12 February 2016

Memories...years past...
The house I grew up in, looking
Much the same today.

12 February 2016
(In 2010)


Thursday, February 11, 2016

11 February 2016

By day's end, we're left
With little snow and much mud...
Ah, February!

11 February 2016

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

10 February 2016

Stars shining between
Masses of clouds; geese flying
Somewhere overhead.

10 February 2016

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

9 February 2016

A dusting of snow,
Enough to make the world look
Clean, bright, inviting.

9 February 2016

Sunday, February 7, 2016

7 February 2016

Super Bowl Sunday,
And I'm out running errands--
Without a jacket.

7 February 2016

Saturday, February 6, 2016

6 February 2016

Two geese in the yard.
One pecking, one keeping watch.
Our dog watches them.

6 February 2016

Friday, February 5, 2016

5 February 2016

Too many good books
For a lifetime; I'll just do
The best I know how.

5 February 2016

Thursday, February 4, 2016

4 February 2016

68 today.
Never thought I'd live this long.
Life plays tricks sometimes.

4 February 2016
(On my birthday)

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

3 February 2016

It's February,
And the squirrels are as fat
As they were last fall.

3 February 2016