haiku

dry burdock droopingice crystals on the windowthe smell of coldness

nature is sacred --deer tracks frozen in the snowleading to the brook

unbroken darknesscold room • warm bed • hungry catthe smell of toner

white field yesterdaynow colored green and yellow --my feet are so wet!

rain loosens snowdriftstemp'ratures rise through the nightfrozen river swells

potluck dinnerevokes one burning question:why ruin eggs like that?

weaving through cloudsschools of fishes breathe freely --upside down world

cat sits up in basketears back, alert -- then, nose in paws,asleep again

in the rusted chairby the rickety red shackhe still sits, waiting

after the stormlilac bush in the side yardwears a white coat

shack by the lighthousewhere high school lovers often met --destroyed in '68

through the tunnela propane tank rolls and bouncesdancing with the cars

on the lakepeaking out above the mista serpentine head

600 millionwatch and listen as the mantakes one small step

live by examplelisten to understand --preserve dignity

borderline pathreversing falls at the bay --St John River

garlic in the airveggie scraps in the compost bin --lasagna in the oven

a body rottingits owner still alive --age is unkind

after the rainstormby the newly refilled streama deer drinks deeply

NYT crosswordpuzzling way to start the daygateway to cognition