Pigs

summer county fair-
pigs lay on cedar shavings
in a cooling breeze

Spring Dawn

early spring at dawn-
robed woman scurries as her
smitten dog follows

late winter ice storm-
water drips from icy branches
rain falls in cold sheets

dim winter morning-
bread toasts in the warm pantry
brief hibernation

absent winter moon-

no light emanates from those

blanketed heavens

amber winter sky-
vanishing cloud of flue mist
breath frosts the window

Sunflower faces-
A rose pushes between them
All stretch toward spring