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11/27/03
Laughter steams the air
when friends meet under the sky
on the last warm day
11/27/03 – Thanksgiving Day
Forks rattle on plates
cousins speak of ancient feuds
settled by dessert
11/28/03
buzzing rasping sound
fills eyes with sawdust and grit
teary from the wind
11/29/03
gray scarf hugs the neck
of miniskirted lady
with chattering teeth
11/30/03
old pine branch sags
when the gale shrieks in fury
shattering windows
12/01/03
hundreds of black geese
settle in a fallow field
to rest and gossip
12/02/03
sugary snowfall
drifts across the parking lot
clumping against curbs
12/03/03
wide wet flat red stain
on midnight pavement near woods
where doe met her end
12/04/03
poet breathing steam
whistles like a tea kettle
makes cold room grow warm
12/05/03
geese encourage geese
honking as they leave their pond
seeking warmth and sun
12/06/03
framework of branches
tangle with the low gray clouds
blur heaven and earth
12/07/03
rhododendron leaves
bend beneath burdens of snow
dreaming of April
12/08/03
snowflake on black coat
reveals hexagonal shape
and laced symmetry
12/09/03
Old cherry tree leans
over pool of melted slush
laughs, thinking of May
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12/10/03
Moon don’t give a fuck
if I see her nakedness
while puking up lunch
12/11/03
bare maple branches
overhang the snow-strewn field
but offer no shade
12/12/03
Fir trees beside road
turn brown as the ploughs throw salt
to melt ice; woods die
12/13/03
Fields of barren snow
textured by warm southern rains
reveal bright green grass
12/14/03
drip – drop – plop – from eaves
gossips of the storm’s passage
while roads still icey
12/15/03
look — long cones dangle
from pine beside the playground
burdened with much snow!
12/16/03
pale peach clouds in West
herald the sun that rises
through mist and shadow.
12/17/03
sun trudges heavy
up the slope of the morning
without his coffee
12/18/03
stars shine through cold wind
biting legs through thin trousers
ice seems through frail shoes
12/19/03
geese — heard but not seen
fly above lowering clouds
long after sunset
12/20/03
pale dark of dawn’s blush
yields to more festive colors
and the Solstice comes
12/21/03
lake glimpsed through maples
limned with water hues today
myth and memory
12/22/03
owl sits in his tree
home after a long evening
still spreads wings for me
12/23/03
flash of swift bluejay
lingers a spell by the oak
where the squirrels dance
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12/24/03
heavy freezing rain
delays the guests’ arrival
yet makes house cheery
12/25/03 – Christmas Day
white cumulus clouds
makes us think of The Simpsons
at Christmas dinner
12/26/03
Squirrel climbs in holes
that seem much too small for him
much less pregnant wife
12/27/03
big, fat, black cat YAWNS
punctuating the morning
with his laziness
12/28/03
pale winter morning
warm with a brisk stillness
and a hand in mine
12/29/03
Forlorn lonely owl
hoo-hoo-hoo in the silence
ere prowling for mice
12/30/03
the stream rimed with ice
still burbles between its banks
frigid but flowing
12/31/03 – New Year’s Eve
cat and rabbit tracks
meeting in a scuffle of snow
cat fled with a limp
01/01/04 – New Year’s Day
four mallards emerge
perfectly dry and happy
from the reservoir
01/02/04
tiercel on lamp-post
watches highway for road-kill
and the odd sparrow
01/03/04
reeds at water’s edge
lean at odd angles — cut down,
harvested by ice
01/04/04
warm fingers melt ice
from the leaf pod of a beech
waiting for spingtime.
01/05/04
the morning puddles
lie still and crusted with ice
and pressure ridges
01/06/04 – Epiphany
sudden white flurries
make children of young adults
catching snow on tongues
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