February already?

new snow
on pink japonica blooms~
Groundhog Day
~
a bird's nest
cradling a newborn
burden of snow
~
leaving the bus stop
bright light in rearview mirror's
the cold morning sun
~
the vacant house
filching late daffodil buds
to force into blooms
~
beginning of Lent
the matte of ashes above
her shimmery blouse
~
west wind
thawing the thin ice
on the birdbath
~
30 degrees
only the paperman's tracks
in the ice and snow
~
c lovepat press 2010