winter stars — 
you introduce me
friend by friend

another log on the fire
two kings
on the checker board

winter night — 
I hear the cat’s purr
with my hands

winter night
cookie crumbs on both sides
of the bed

snowflakes
frozen to tree-bark
morning silence

cold evening — 
changing my teacup
to the other cheek

the child’s nose
melts a hole in a frost fern — 
windblown dark

one more goodnight — 
halo around
the hunger moon

sunrise — 
nothing on the snowman
stops the drip

hospice book cart
the one no one finishes
is back on top