snow, criss-crossed by tracks
frozen comings and goings~
only wind remains

~jws

the morning paper
news of the world's happenings
unread, in a pile

-kaa


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shovel in the snow
waiting for another storm
green blade deep in white

-jws

a slow sinking moon
hiding in a safe farewell
watches the night pass

-kaa


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the snow is old now
no longer soft and fluffy
stiff and grey with age

-jws

slicing pineapple~
sunlight illuminating
each stroke of the knife

-jws

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it seems magical
fueling the snow-covered mound
compost alchemy

-kaa

multi-colored lights
decorate houses and yards~
moon in the clear sky

-jws

in a dream i danced
a sonnet of passing time
with william shakespeare

-kaa


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snow melts in sunshine
traces of salt on the road
yellow paperclip

-jws

my heart of longing
empty chair at the table
when will you return?

-kaa


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ancient, gnarled pine tree
standing in black silhouette;
deep blue, pink, twilight

-jws

after the blizzard~
tumbling slowly across snow
single brown oak leaf

-jws


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biology notes
hallucination of words
exhausted and sick

-kaa

rain falls gently now
making circles on the pond;
the day that it is

-jws


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sangha of misfits
folder of tattered sutras
becoming Buddha

-kaa

warm sun melts the snow
cat tracks slowly disappear
where do the cats go?

-jws

sun shining on snow
sparkling in many colors
red orange green blue

-jws

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sidewalks are icy
a few birds sing in the cold
feet go crunch, crunch, crunch

-jws


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backyard turkey flock
nest, eat, and roost together
maturing gobblers

-kaa

dawn breaks silently
colors of the sky changing
lover at my side


-kaa


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snow falls heavily
covering the world in white~
distant tree, red bird

~jws

dissolving thoughts
yet something subtle lingers
bike tracks in the snow

-kaa


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so tired, late at night
taking out trash in the snow~
sledding down the hill!

-jws

writhing like a snake
turned by a biting cold wind~
snow on the highway

~jws

spitting out lettuce
he's no vegetarian
cranky lil' turtle

-kaa

green chair in the yard
just where it sat last summer~
snow swirling around

-jws

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you shift your posture
ordinary, like breathing
rohatsu zazen

-kaa

bird on the feeder
grabs a seed and quickly flies~
sudden poof! of snow

-jws

late, rushing to work
no time to appreciate
slowly falling snow

-jws


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hanukkah candles
menorah of dancing light
remembering Bill

-kaa

koi swimming slowly
cold morning, ice on the pond
i touch my chapped lips

-kaa


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white sky, cold as stone
grey landscape, barren and bleak~
leaves circle and dance

-jws

soggy maple leaves
strewn idly in the wet grass~
snowflakes start to fall

-jws