snow in April

a face pressed against 
the train window

April Fool’s

small snowballs falling 
from the sky

Water Gap

Train following the river; snowflakes following the train.

Spring Mountain (renku)

spring mountain snowdrifts rotting in the sun old coyote scat mouse bones in mouse fur petrichor the dry skin of … More

winter’s end

a fox sparrow serenades
the bare dirt

winter’s end

tentacles of ice
beside the spring

drifting snow

with the wind’s attention 
to detail

Wet Snow: a haiga sequence

old silk threads 
new caterpillars 
of snow

Bell’s Gap

Strolling down the Allegheny Front on an old rail bed. A haibun.

Winter Forest

Visiting Dad’s grave yesterday, I had a strong sense of his absence amid the fundamental indifference of nature.

up

in a cold cloud
trees and all

Coyote Winter

When I stand up, I see the large coyote that’s been watching me—who knows for how long—from 50 feet away.