by Eric Arthen

Descending
tiny white flowers
cover the windshield
a long wait for spring
the snowblower
finally starts
blue sky
the western glow
before moonrise
field of white
Deeper still
foggy night
a twisting step
to test for ice
snow drifting
off the hemlocks
frozen pond
winter moon
shining white curve
instead of stairs
after the blizzard
between barred owl hoots
silence
Emerging
walking the dog
to where the snowplow stopped
late winter sun
expanse of white
loading firewood
from the bottom row
forsythia —
vase of branches and buds
forcing spring
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Credits: Six of these poems have been previously published in Frogpond 2009 Sp/Su; HPSWM 2012, 2018; New England Letters 91, 117; Nor’Easter 19; Stone Walls II v1.