In Forest of Late Winter
In Forest of Late Winter
A
These are the backrooms
that cram sight-seeing buses
moving people to see spaces
the wide open wild
granite cliffs and dirty snow
away from large equipment.
Searching for water
found a slightly stagnant pond
with what looks like wild radish
fallen tree blossoms
spinning pinks and whites downstream
a beautiful stagnation.
Some Wild Strawberries
growing next to wet pine mulch
white fallen sapling creates
frothy waterfall
a Dragonfly makes a pass
a forest of late winter.
Swaying stride of pine
twelve-foot Lodgepole overhead
wild and cold and accusing
dirty snow needles
sweep and turn of a river
with pitch and dust from the trail.
B
Sun rises on East
hangs among tops of the trees
reflects off frost on bare logs
starts to melt in sun
firewood smoke seen through mist
slanting nearby river.
Pine trees are perfect
as one walks the snow hill trail
snow falls from the pine needles
snow crystals in sun
soften in front of our eyes
wind in the fur of the pine.
Delicate Hawk floats
near Aspen on half logged hill
as grand as ancient Redwood
an early March wind
a quiet temple of white
lone Buddha spreading its roots.
Tips of Lodgepole Pine
shaking uphill through thickets
where cone rests under a tree
patch of small remains
slowly melts into deeper roots
to grow deeper foundations.
C
Rock weathered funny
an old tree trunk turned to stone
ice hides in shadow near ground
melting icicle
finding home in cold boulder
a place to spend its last days.
Rubble from the year
pile of twigs from fallen tree
a Lodgepole pushed by the wind
deformed by sharp ice
arched yet still standing in snow
barely supporting its weight.
This land is not dead
there is dryness in cool fog
this forest is not a dream
evergreens align
to the shudder of the sun
this years cold stubborn winter.
Winter earthquake rot
rock strata fold blanket chill
crystalline mist as prayer
Spring will always be
every year to abandon
memories of old season.
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Thank you, Jamie, for taking us on a walk through the beauty of nature. Your imagery is perfect to create wonderful visions. Well done.
Your nature inspired poems are always a delight to read, Jamie. You describe your surroundings like only a true poet can.
What a delightful read. Nature is wonderful, and so are your poems. Very well expressed. Thank you very much for sharing, Jamie.
Blessings to you! 🙂
Excellent work Jamie. I must agree i thoroughly enjoyed this nature based poetry. So much to write about with nature and youve done great work describing such things from frost to fog andnother things in between. Nice work