daybreak--
cardinals here and there
in winter trees
kirsty
bright lake -
I walk through the shadows
of winter trees
maryjane turner
Winter tree.
The sound of lake ice
cracking.
Ellen Dodds
worry beads -
crows necklaced
in winter trees
Jaloe
morning tea ~
petals of snow sifting
from the winter trees
Earl Keener
winter trees
woodpecker hammers
the frozen bark
Janet Parker
winter tree
the sky
a deeper grey
Johannes Manjrekar
first one crow shifts
then another...
winter trees
Hugh Waterhouse
between winter trees
a spider web
catching my breath
mary seabright
soft tapping
of the downy woodpecker
winter trees
DeVar
another log
for the failing fire...
winter trees
Laurene
sickle moon
in the indigo sky
bare winter trees
Darrell Byrd
snow valley
wind whistles through
winter trees
pam
softly
fallen leaves
circle the winter trees
-roberta beary
winter tree--
a wind rustles
the few remaining leaves
Kathy Lippard Cobb
winter trees
loom over the grave --
silent guardians
-- Aleron
summer love
under winter trees
we meet again
Carol Raisfeld
gothic moon
each winter tree gives shape
to the gloaming
Christopher Patchel
clear sky
the rasp of the wind
through winter trees
Sue
How still the winter trees
while the winds chant
autumn's requiem
Bob Parker
winter tree -
will I see you blossom
once again?
Ghost Cat
dark shadows
on the snowy path
winter trees
Patricia A. Laurent
nothing but
a line of winter trees
and fog
max verhart
patches of red scarf
all that's left in the nest
winter trees
Lesley Dahl
at sunset
the long, thin shadows
winter trees
James M. Thompson
winter trees
clinging to the large oak
a lone leaf
Gene Williamson
covered with hay
ready for the shoe box
little winter tree
emile molhuysen
winter trees
under your nakedness
a green dress dreams
Edith Muta
summer morning -
cracks in the sidewalk
a winter tree
Marylouise Knight
sparkling forest
winter trees
sheathed in ice
soji
dark candles
moonlit
winter trees
mary duggan
a flicker of light
along edge of winter trees
deer poacher
Edward
white wind
shaping winter trees
shaped by them
Angelee
our friend sends a photo
of his winter trees --
hibiscus at Christmas
OwenB
winter trees
draw up darkness
from deep in the earth
John Sandbach
migrating birds fill
the winter trees
visitors, only for a while
Rose Marie Stutts
ice covered
winter tree
splits
carol sircoulomb
winter tree -
yesteryear's promises
carved in wood
~eos
winter trees
silhouetted against
the desert sunset
Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)
this quiet evening
across the field of snow
winter trees' shadows
Ted M. Zachwieja
a faint scrap of cloud
slowly perishing -
winter trees
Rob Scott
A Winter Tree-
Out of Place,
tears at the sky
ProtoRyu
in the copse
of winter trees
a fawn, statue-like
peigi
air plants
cling to the winter trees
too
doris kasson
white-haired old man
weathered branches creak with age
snow-clad winter tree
Mike Adams
Winter trees
put memory of green
into half-hidden buds
Florence V.
winter trees
in a forest of green
the end
dogbacon
in snow covered fields
looking like dark skeletons
winter trees at dusk
Dana Florestano
children gathering
winter trees branches
for the "bestest" fort
Hazel
leaves icy remains...
wind making a brittle rush
through the winter trees
art
brother sits
beneath winter trees
geese scavenge for food
jennie townsend
a winter tree
wind-bent points east...
geese fly west
ito
in the morning light
winter trees' iced-up branches
prisms for the sun
(c) Rita Summers
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