February Renga
Dena the airplane over snowy peaks delivering swimsuits
green shoots through melted snow future lilies
Rosalie Snow fading squirrels out still no groundhogs
winters end nears no more majestic snow to dream by
I think that I shall never see such beauty as snow falling
Elena Ice melting on the tree the bough bends but doesn’t break
The sun shines as cars slide on the highway
No hat No gloves No snow. Yippie!
Betsy Sun needles its way through tress tinting them a faint golden glow
Fog shrouds the path ahead hiding the danger groundhog day
an oblivious rodent twitches his nose ecstatic cameras explode groundhog day
A bucket of brown and white a creek bed sleeps
Snow drops bow their heads winter recedes
Crocus dot the tapestry winter’s faded quilt
Buck watery puppy prints melting snow
green sticks in the snow daffodils
black spots empty deer in the snow
Patti daffodils sprout — believe the end of winter
winter ends — eagles build their nests in snow
Kara the look in her eyes the same as her father’s and his mother’s
ushered by dusk a wave of starlings eleven stories high