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
Passage — A Poem
Winter
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
So(u)lstice — A Poem
Longest, darkest night
Sun stopped, soul stretched,
wing-tipped in slow glide
toward Winter
Lips recite a thousand
half-recalled names of light
Hands clasp a telling dark
shot through with promise
& promise & promises
commingled in this slimmest
slip of slim hours.
— C.Birde, 12/20
Renewal — An Image
“Renewal” — C.Birde, 1/19
Curl up
in January’s moon-soaked,
star-swept
arms…
Pull the deep-piled
nights
to chin height…
And slumber,
recuperate,
dream.
— C.Birde, 1/19
Winter Solstice — An Image
“Winter Solstice” — 12/18
On this,
the year’s longest
night,
the tide of dark
steps to the edge,
reverses course
t
o
w
a
r
d
light.
— C.Birde, 12/18
Snow March — An Image
“Snow March” — C.Birde, 3/18
A toiling, long
March —
uphill,
through snow
churned and seamless —
to greet ephemeral
Spring.
— C.Birde, 4/18
