so cold

so cold
yet from
this ground
daffodils
and tulips
will grow
again

January 2015

more beautiful

more beautiful
every year
January light

after the holidays
spring flowers for sale
plants and flowers
for winter windows
and tables

January 8, 2026 ·

be an evergreen
in winter with
a beauty grown
through time
and weather
with new growth
in spring

evergreens and sky
is blue – some snow
on branches
yet more green today
I think of snowdrops
in spring

reading haiku
the generous new growth
of evergreens

long ago
and remembered today
my father’s birthday

Poem from 2021.

My father was born in 1915. His parents were from Sweden.

January day
red carnations from a store
by windows with snow

2024