“I remember
when Winter met me
with a veil of frost,
a cloak of snow…”
She exhaled
a misted breath.
“Now,
He greets me
with a fall
of tears.”
— C.Birde, 2/22
Winter-ish — An Image
Winter
Evergreen Wisdom — A Poem
Wind through
bare trees,
white-edged
with snow,
dispels illusion
of green things
quickening
growing
For a breath,
a moment only
Palms pressed
to maple’s trunk,
ears tuned to birds’
evolving song
Gazing slantwise,
past paper squares
& digital lines aglow,
beyond time
compressed,
confined…
Evergreen-wise
Heart-sight sees,
knows.
— C.Birde, 2/22
Lullaby — An Image
“Your small cousins
have composed
a new lullaby…”
She shifted
beneath
snowy blankets.
“Let’s sing…
Together…”
— C.Birde, 1/22
Hush… — An Image
“Hush, now…”
She pulled the blanket
up beneath
her chin
with a whisper.
“I’m dreaming…”
— C.Birde, 1/22
Passage — A Poem
Cold wind
full of Winter’s
coarse & paling breath;
that, in slow retreat,
rattles trees’
pre-bud leafless
limbs…
Pass through
this insubstantial form
like
song.
— C.Birde, 3/21
Tracks — An Image
Though
I tried I
could not find
her
for the depth of
snow that had
fallen…
— C.Birde, 2/21
Dreams in Snow — An Image
“I shall bury myself
beneath blankets
white & deep…”
Her voice —
adrift,
muffled,
indistinct.
“& begin
to dream spring
into being…”
— C.Birde, 2/21
Snow Dog — A Poem
— C.Birde, 2/21
Light & Shadow — Am Image
“Light returns!”
Her voice glittered
on the wind’s bladed edge.
“Feed your heartfire
on this everlasting
hope.”
— C.Birde, 1/21
Winter Prayer — A Poem
Peeled away
That tousled,
tumbled veil of leaves
A verdant memory left –
like a puff of breath –
clinging
to the form beneath
Imperfection,
rough beauty, &
strength laid bare
All manifestations
exposed
Revealed —
like prayer —
by the cold,
spare,
bone-bare,
honest touch
of Winter.
— C.Birde, 1/21
Nightjars & Damselflies 