10 March 2023 (end of winter)

end of winter blues first crocus

9 March 2023 (opening)

opening a door

to the buzz of siskins

a few slow snowflakes

8 March 2023 (all the places)

all the places

where the cat used to sleep

March gusts

7 March 2023 (distant thunder)

distant thunder

the teal’s reflection

fractured by cattails

6 March 2023 (same sky)

into the same sky

as the full moon

our plane home

5 March 2023 (marsh)

marsh twilight

the grackle curls its body

into a new moon

4 March 2023

coots trumpeting

behind a screen of cattails

high noon

3 March 2023 (rites)

rites of spring

quail tracks inscribe

a muddy trail

2 March 2023 (snow)

snow on saguaros

the morning flurry

of cactus wrens

1 March 2023 (snow glitter)

snow glitter . . .

criss-crossing bird tracks

where his car was

28 February 2023 (bereft)

bereft . . .

snow drifts into corners

of the empty porch