Winter’s wain

Winter’s wain I wasn’t the first one she chose. I was the first to offer my hand to hold. Nearly was a whole lifetime in between. Children, three of them, a house, in green. Words enough to overflow a bowl. Yet light of leaf, dry before a wind. Meaning wanted something more. Laughter to erupt [...]

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When you love me like rain

When you love me like rain When you love me like rain, winter comes. Running before the wind is an easy stance. That shadow cast turns warm beneath the sheets. Then turn on an old elbow, an aching arm, rotate that slumbered breath clear around, full face into unspoken storm. How far will this gale [...]

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Winter pebbles

read write prompt #105, borrowed words by Deb Scott Says Deb, This week brings a different kind of Read Write (Word) Prompt. These words are from the first stanza of one of my favorite poet’s work. I’ll tell you who it is, and give you a link to the poem these words are derived from [...]

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Winter tales

Winter tales   Today I walk all the way to meet your train. We made it eight miles down the trail, hopping like toads into new winter rain.   Your flannel shirt, your white buttons undone. Miles away, driving snow in my truck, no heat, we wiped our breath from the road.   Another hundredth [...]

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