snow by candlelight
brightens the turn
to shorter days

for tall folks
the hours of light
shortened

departing year

slow rains
as if leaves were falling
at winter's end

first light

first light
nudging frozen clouds
snow flakes

star gazing
all the familiar things
in morning's light

milky dawn
the world without color
takes form

spots of blue
varying the light to fit
tracks in the snow

morning light
a couple on the cliff
as spirits of a new day

just now
the moon set
and you sleep

fog

timeless
in the fog
someone walking

foggy night
farmlights of a lonely coast
separate

wrapped in fog
colors of the coast
quiet

fog
edge of the cliff
edge of the world

ocean fog
in the broken sign
"open"

fog
the days go by
without hours

evening fog
in town with dampened
spirits

mist
broken from night waves
sleep

asleep
fog extends
the morning

foggy morning
coming in the door
weak sunlight

thick swirling fog
not seeing anything
just a wing shape

new flannel gown
wrapped for the night
in thick sea fog

fog
river mouth
bridged

worldly view
obscured by sea fog
angel wings

fingers
into valleys
sea fog

warming
thick fog
a fire

out of fog
fog colors
in waves

into the cove
fog pours
more secrets

cutting out the world
sounds of the sea
fog

erasing the land
the ocean sends a blanket
of fog

neighbors
leaving as
fog

frost

frost
dropping a basket
with 12 eggs

lace edges
the fallen leaf
white with frost

granite patterns
fallen to leaves
frosted rust

flowers blooming
on dry sand and pond
frost

ice

water over ice
floating among clotted leaves
a face expiring

surf sounds
covering the winter porch
a shell of ice

clouds
still in the mountain brook
ice

hail

before they melt
hailstones hiding themselves
in the gravel path

spindrift
falling on the hills
hail

veiled moon
fragments loosen
hail

silence
after the hailstorm
cold

moon

jingling coins
deep in his pocket
the moon slides behind clouds

cold
the winter moon with you
at the window

full-moon sky
cold high winds blow
from a bright hole

waning moon watches
a pie put out to cool
eaten away

dark night winds
blowing over the seas
the moon sinks in

the full moon
slips into its silver path
sea sleep

melting into the sea
the full moon
leaves a candle bright

plunging right in
the moon and I
cold night seas

time
on a moonless night
a dog barking

released
from snow-capped peaks
a full moon

cold winds
rounding snow-capped peaks
a full moon

from the full moon
cold summit winds
snow-clad

touching eyes
the whiteness of snow
a full moon

winter moon
directing the winds
around corners

winter's new moon
the cutting cold
shines tonight

high on a cliff
the quarter moon finds
dark houses

wolf moon
slipping into northern pines
winter

moonlight

winter moonlight
the crystal prism turns
with the tides

surf and sea
white with the sound
of moonlight

morning

mornings
the winter moon leaves
a frosted path

night

cold night
I feed brownies
to aching bones

knocking
cold comes in unasked
the night house

winter nights
enough warmth
to answer letters

night
breaking waves
rocks

silence
in a dark night
an ill-made shape

night the animal
that keeps death in a little space
prowls to the left

night
overtaking the blackness
of molten rock

night - the longest

longest night
full moon whitens
pure snow

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
a white robed choir sings
to radio static

rain

rattle of rain
across the valley
into my hand

downpour
a basket on the porch
fills with rain

raindrops
inside
heartbeats

after dinner
so full of soup
it begins to rain

sky