Journey Snow Poems

Through my chest, Winter slips
Her chill as a coat of arms;
Honed breathlessness—

The whitest of white; milky touch—
She has a warming heart's warning,
As the frost dribbles...

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Gentle flakes dance gracefully to the ground
Each one made with perfectly unique crystals
They blow and swirl, going around and around
Until reaching their destination, frosting the...

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October is one of those months that begin to transition and change to prepare for winter.

As our days begin to shorten, this tenth month brings...

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Thus
They flee
Absconding
In guiltless flight
On fattened feathers
A pointed arrowhead
Guided by some hidden force
Returning to their beginnings
Arcing slowly over icy peaks
Circling the history of their valley...

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Do be aware, our highways and sidewalks, are covered with snow.
    And this morning's weather forcast , is minus zero.
  ...

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In Memoriam Quietly Always Close

Are they whispers, then, settling
So gently upon that slightest breeze wending
     Over the granite crosses and statues...

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They spoke in a singular language
A language none but they could know
She with the moonlight in her eye
He with the hush of fallen snow

They moved...

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Notes played by the wind sounded like 'Taps.'
A sad song without lyrics, expressing lament
Sorrow pelted me like crashing white caps
Beneath the fading light of the...

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I was wondering: were Frost’s promises
The same as yours and mine?
There had to be some point at which 
His obligations, duties, call them what you...

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January hushers in the shivering coldness
as feathery snowflakes descend on roads
over the steep ridge which abruptly plunges 
into a foamy sea and their whiteness glistens
into...

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Early Earth thaw
First gasp of breath
Heaves its snow chest
Like a blanket pulled back

Arches its cadaverous humps
A surfacing serpent
Along the street curbs

Slithers to the drains
Snakes away...

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The road is never ending rectangle
Each of us roll out its own path

"A Journey of a thousand miles
begins with one step" Lao Tzu...

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Sometimes the warmth of the fire and the cacophony of Christmas gatherings, leaves me wanting solace.  I don my jacket and step outside into...

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Virgin crystal flakes lucent feature,
Journey downwards from heaven,
Falling round shimmering nature. 
Limbs Stretch High. A numbing breath driven,
Winter wet embrace forgiven.

First Winter of favorite song,
The...

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Winter

Snowflakes crowd the sky
tumble in silence to earth
their journey ended.
           ***

Note:
   The old...

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