14 December 2022 (river rocks)

river rocks

skirted with ice . . .

still grieving

10 December 2022 (fugitive)

fugitive sunlight

amid riverside weeds

the wink of ice

18 November 2022 (waning crescent)

waning crescent

tree branches glazed

with waterfall mist

17 November 2022 (skim ice)

skim ice . . .

a nuthatch tapping

at the suet

13 March 2022 (birch)

bent birches . . .

a strip of open water

links the lake islands

6 March 2022 (thaw)

late winter thaw . . .

mist wreaths the islands

locked in lake ice

23 February 2022 (Chickadees)

paired chickadees

the intermittent whispers

of melting bog ice

17 February 2022 (hunger moon)

hunger moon

ice plates shift with the tide

above oyster racks

31 January 2022 (clear dusk)

clear dusk

skim ice stills

the harbor

21 January 2022 (ice)

glare ice

aware of every

bone

19 January 2022 (frazil)

frazil ice

the acupuncturist’s

cool fingers