Winter
Ripple upon ripple
stirs the muddy puddle;
winter rain.
Cynthia
Early winter;
Snow sticks to just one side
Of the grass tufts.
Donna
An icy wind
howling across the lake--
the screech of gulls.
Adelaide
Barely dark;
The owl's hoot muffled
By the snow.
Donna
Raising the blind
to another grey day;
the long winter.
Cynthia
Winter break;
the school playground
filled with geese.
Kim
A winter evening;
without a sound the snow falls
through the lamppost light.
Frans
Arriving;
every road opens
to snow peaks.
Wendy
Winter;
Through a tear in a hollow tree--
Blue sky.
Donna
The adobe hearth--
The fire light flickers in
A glass robin.
MaryJane
Snow covers
The sold farm;
This crescent moon.
Donna
The back porch--
Ice and mud mingle
In the boot tray.
MaryJane
A hard frost;
the crack in the flower-pot
grows longer.
Cerridwen
That lighter patch--
could it be the moon?
A foggy night.
Cerridwen
Almost December;
The snowflakes begin
So quietly.
MaryJane
Winter's arrival;
The clank of wind chimes
Sheathed in ice.
Donna
A winter flood;
Beside the old cemetery,
Driftwood rests.
Donna
How still--
The white birches
In new snow.
MaryJane
Neighbors;
Two spots of grass
In the snow.
Ami Shecter
Winter wind;
Dusk flashes between the vanes
Of the windmill.
Donna