25 January 2023 (shoveling)

shoveling out . . .

waxwings shift places

in the treetops

24 January 2023 (larger)

even larger

with its cap of fresh snow

squirrels’ nest

23 January 2023 (flurries)

morning flurries

the snow shovel shelters

a set of finch tracks

22 January 2023 (distant twinkle)

the distant twinkle

of a neighbor’s porch light

—passing comet

21 January 2023 (jet trails)

jet trails . . .

a line of deer tracks marks

the field’s fresh snow

20 January 2023 (snowing)

it was snowing

and it was going to snow

cardinal in the cedar

*

An homage to Wallace Stevens’s classic “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” The italicized lines are from the final stanza of his poem.

19 January 2023 (calm before)

calm before the storm

the voices of fishermen

carry to shore

18 January 2023 (ice-glazed snow)

ice-glazed snow

the grocery store tulips

shed their petals

17 January 2023 (wondering)

wondering if the whispers

are about me

wind-driven sleet

16 January 2023 (all-day snow)

all-day snow the shapes of cranes in flight

15 January 2023 (Sunday)

Sunday drive

icefalls ladder

the roadcuts