26 February 2015

Yes, winter will end.
And, yes, spring will soon arrive.
But not tomorrow.

26 February 2015

25 February 2015

Ice on the windows,
On the sidewalks, on the roads.
Ice everywhere.

25 February 2015

24 February 2015

All I really want,
Right now, is one good night's sleep.
Even half of one.

24 February 2015

22 February 2015

Trees weighted with snow,
Branches bent, touching the ground.
I'm staying inside.

22 February 2015

21 February 2015

Shadows on a wall.
A bird landing on a branch,
Then flying away.

21 February 2015

19 February 2015

A difficult week...
Trauma, pain, too little sleep...
With no end in sight,

19 February 2015

16 February 2015

No, April is not
The cruelest month.  For me,
February is.

16 February 2015
(Take that, T.S. Eliot)

14 February 2015

A Valentine's Day...
Spent quietly together,
Content with our life.

14 February 2015

12 February 2015

Two long sleepless nights...
Even reading is a chore..
So I'll try again.

12 February 2015

11 February 2015

Cold rain on my neck,
Mud clings to my cane and shoes.
An unpleasant night.

11 February 2015

 

10 February 2015

Birds pecking the ground...
Dog watching through the window...
A long winter day...

10 February 2015

8 February 2015

I'm not nostalgic,
At least not very often.
Tomorrow beckons...

8 February 2015

7 February 2015

Waiting for midnight,
Hoping sleep will come by then,
Watching the moon rise.

7 February 2015

6 February 2015

"Too many martyrs
And too many dead..."   Years ago
Phil Ochs got it right.

6 February 2015
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkfgJG5kyQg)

5 February 2015

I'm growing older,
And I wonder, too often,
How did I get here?

5 February 2015

4 February 2015

Born at mid-winter,
And winter is my season--
Cold, grey, and lonely.

4 February 2015
(Literally--Feb. 4 is 45 days from
the winter solstice, usually, and
45 days from the spring equinox.)

3 February 2015

Slept late and took naps,
Saw purple skies at sunset...
And played with the dog...

3 February 2015
(A perfect day?)

2 February 2015

Waiting for the dawn--
In the hours of darkness--
Suddenly, a light.

2 February 2015

1 February 2015

The month I was born--
The coldest and darkest month--
Seems somehow fitting.

1 February 2015