Winter is waning, but is it over ? TEN HAIKU

                        perfect sleet cover / except for the imprint / of an oak leaf

                   the great elk / his breakfast just beneath / the dusting of snow

                                 blue jay / on the frozen birdbath / carping?

              in winter's grayness / a ground-level dandelion / brightens . . . portends

                  cat sitting in snow / black on white / next glance, only white

                       a piece of leaf / in my snow ice cream / February's end 

 late-winter cold front / the empty yard swing moving / in the northwest wind 

 warm winter dusk / the sounds of children outside / spawning memories

                                               icicles / yet it's thundering / this morning 

                               going for the mail / to no avail / box lid frozen shut

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