Window
the trees
naked in the passing winter
are clothed in their best spring greenery
no leaf
torn by hail or curled to hide an egg
a breeze touches the understory skips from tree to tree
the nuthatch
hikes up the walnut slips its bill
under the bark for an insect hiding from the cold
a chickadee
flits back and forth from the feeder
pounds the sunflower seed open
the redbud
shows its magenta dress to introduce the spring
the warbler lingers on the branch to catch
an early gnat
summer leaves tremble in the wind that precedes
the storm shudder from drops that pummel them
yellow-billed cuckoo
slinks through the canopy leaves tire
sourwood reddens green poplar fades into yellow
the morning light
outlines the downy woodpecker hitching up the sycamore’s trunk
the trees sulk under a pewter sky
The Four Seasons Anthology
June 2015
