daybreak –
a white dog
crosses the snow

winter sunset –
a taxi cab
stops in front of me

the road home
a star too bright
to be a star

meltwater –
a trout leaps
the falls

iris garden
the golden spider's
giant egg case

empty birdfeeder
the shimmer of falling snow
as a sparrow lands

winter dusk
she paints her nails
deeper red

roar of snowmelt
beneath the footbridge –
first dogwood blossom

birdsong –
the shimmer of rain
on the lake

a child's smile
ringed with dirt –
spring planting