Twilight (30)

Rivers of light

carry day

gently

into twilight

Super Blue Blood Moon (29)

Sister Moon
I know
you’re there
close
behind
blue twilight’s
clouds
We me
last evening
in this very spot
and you
shone in my window
half the night

Out my window: late January (28)

January sky

swept clean

of clouds

and hammered 

smooth

by wind

and cold

A blue

bowl

overflowing

with sunshine

Co-conspirators (27)

Not always

at odds

Winter

and Lady Sun

conspire

in a playful trick

luring through windows

with bare ground

and golden sunshine

disguising

a chilly

kiss of cold

waiting

outside

January Calculations (26)

Half an hour
from winter dawn
Half 90 days
until equinox
plus 90 more
until 
summer's longest day

Gone too soon (25)

Some blue
remains
but in the west
Lady Sun
descends
into gray twilight
too soon

Dreary (24)

If I could

find you

Lady Sun

I’d rip away

this colorless

pall

that smothers

you

and all of us

Evening beckons (23)

Morning

is my time

and

at its end

day feels long

yet

rosy evening

beckons

with the friendly

familiar

shape of trees

Come

walk with us

and breathe in

restful

night

Tropical Dreams (22)

Dreaming

of exotic faces

singing color

into moist

warm

air

Winter Weary (21)

Longing

for woods

and water

green

and golden sunlight

Altitude (20)

From here
my world
is both
smaller
and so much bigger
than I realize

Rock Dam January (20)

Debris

from fall’s

unseasonable floods

balances

as if placed

by careful hands

until spring floods

lift it away

once more

2018 January Thaw (18)

This hope

is not false

The joy

is real

even if

the river

will re-freeze 

and blizzards

blow

swallowing 

the blue sky

along with our breath

In the moment 

is spring

and the reassurance

that it will be spring

again

January In Between (17)

                              January is
                              tired
                              The softening snow
                              gritty
                              and formless
                              the bare trees
                              with a few
                              forgotten leaves
                              pitiful and shrunken
                              the exposed grass
                              matted and colorless
                              January is tired
                              and we are tired
                              of January

Relief (16)

The day’s 
burden
of anxiety
and conflict
clamps
into my head
with iron
screws
But Lady Sun
soothes my brow
with warm
and gentle
fingers
of light

Snow dunes (15)

As desolate

and strangely

as cold

as a desert

before dawn

Misnomer (14)

Who decided

you would be “sundog”?

Sun bow

Sun blade

Sun ax

Cleaving the cold

with color

Accumulation (13)

Conventional
wisdom
declares
every flake
is unique
but do we pause
in cursing
the inconvenience
to contemplate
its fragile
individuality?

New Day (12)

Today

I am waiting

to meet you

Lady Sun

when you lift

your shining face

and set sky

cloud

and tree

blushing

at your attention

My heart 

too

is glowing

anticipating the day

in your company

Colorless Part Two (11)

January’s 

bitter hand

presses color

from the sky

pushing it down

down

to huddle

at the horizon

Colorless Part One (10)

Winter glares in icy

disdain

at Lady Sun’s 

glowing

defiance

of his colorless

regime

Winter Advisory (9)

Winter’s blank sky

broods over

the soggy dishevelment

of a January thaw,

plotting an icy advance

to reclaim lost ground

Ice Halo (8)

Sister Moon

dons

an icy halo

and fluttering cape

of cloud

Some say

an ill omen

others

a sign of change

January Day's End (7)

Once again

my day’s end

and yours

align

Lady Sun

Today

your glowing farewell

warms my evening

Soon

I will see you

face to face

Release (6)

Snow softens

at Lady Sun’s

warm attentions;

a clenched fist

of emotion

opening

fingers wide

to let go

Warming trend (5)

Waiting
for the wind
to change

Break (4)

Sun surfer

catches

a silver wave

gliding in

to a blue 

sky shore

Between (3)

Between the buildings
beyond the trees
beneath the
weighted pall
of cloud
light winks
a reminder
of longer days
ahead

Sun Sentinels (2)

Two stern

sentinels

in brilliant

scarlet

and indigo 

livery

stand at attention

as Lady Sun

descends

Optimism (1)

Shining

through

afternoon’s

overcast

a sense of blue sky

a blush of Lady Sun’s rays

a promise

that brighter days

are always

behind

the gloom