in deep snow

slow to escape the stink of snowmobiles

a sheltered spot

where the internet ends creaking in the wind

out of my mind

the insects i’ve traded for this breeze

trailside stump

an emerald ash borer’s
whole journey

millipede

fear spiralling 
in my hand

green again

this dream of endless mountains

geese heading north

a dog in the valley
adds its voice

white birch stump

the absolution
of snow

day moon

through bare branches
with its horns out

mountaintop hemlocks

the last katydid’s
creaky love song

first fire

all the light that won’t
shine again

saying hello

to a moss-covered log
heron wingbeats