25 November 2020 (dark)

the depth of the dark

at three a.m. then five

self-reflection

24 November 2020 (poplars)

across the river

a stand of bare poplars . . .

I put on a warmer coat

23 November 2020 (lightning)

November storm

the early dark briefly lit

by lightning

22 November 2020 (snowy owl)

killing frost

a snowy owl quarters

the crimson barrens

Do you see it?

21 November 2020 (red-tail)

a red-tail’s last pass

late light illuminates

the barren hillside

20 November 2020 (hike)

November hike

gauging the distances

of gunfire

19 November 2020 (deer)

early dusk

a deer in the yard

no one else sees

18 November 2020 (crows)

cold snap

we aren’t ready

for the waiting crows

17 November 2020 (gull)

bleak sky

a soaring gull catches

no light

16 November 2020 (bluebirds)

bluebirds at field’s edge

so many ways

to be happy

15 November 2020 (rock)

significant other

a luminous boulder

owns the field