skull outline
in the ice and snow –
shiver
skull outline
in the ice and snow –
shiver
season’s first snow –
young dog usurps
straw bale shelter
heavy snow —
dogs call truce
to share the porch
Mel had been dithering for an hour, which annoyed him. He had been so decisive when he was younger.
“God, how my kids will complain,” he told Rufus. “And it probably won’t be long before some helpful neighbor comes over or sends a grumbling kid to do it for me.”
He thought a moment longer. Then he snapped his fingers.
“But I’m going to do this whether anyone approves or not.”
trudging through new snow
to get the mail —
first day of spring
foggy night—
dog rolls around
in the snow
respite
snow melts
around the shovel
doe crosses
from one snowy field
to another
blizzard
snow trickles in
through the window
cemetery
snow melts
around the gravestones