Sunday, January 12, 2014

Hear


cold snap
ice throb
wind whistle

silence

crunch of tread on unbroken snow
scrape of shovel against stone
plop and slither of snow slipping off the branch

silence

slow drip from icicle
creak and groan of breaking ice
scurried scratch of foot and beak searching

silence


Pamela Olson, 1/12/2014