bearbones

Disguise For a moment, the mountain flushed with color, even though it was winterand noon on a cloudless day as […]

  Unbridled   As the sky grows stars  over settling snow the forests move  in eyeshine and tail,  pressing padded […]

Cohesion The day we removed the cadaver’s heart, tugging it freefrom its taproot vessels and lung-lined bed, it filled both […]

  Spectral   All day the clouds crept about in watery clothes, draping the ridgelines in steam and  snow    […]

  For Mary Oliver   The alder twig skidded to a stop on a hoar frosted slope wearing winter bird […]

  Arms   When you lift the young pup — blind, burrowing all belly — it settles like a child […]

  Winter   Winter has pulled its cap  over the sky   freezing in edges wrapping your ridge lines in […]

  Newcomer   An elephant now rests in the meadow by the alder patch   its great trunk unrolled  between […]

  Unrepeatable   It can be difficult to stay   even as the sky fills with feathers in colors swept  […]

Solstice   And then you look up stilled by sky   suspended like a winter bear beneath snowy tree asleep […]