white birch bark so smooth
ah its beauty in season
so stripped in winter
© By Marilyn (LaraOct7@aol.com)
winter's first snowflakes
settle on birch trees and the
great northwoods turns white
black etchings on white -
a musical score on snow?
New Hampshire bird walk
black-capped chickadee
sits on a white velvet limb
and sings its heart out
on the winter lake
thousands of diamonds twinkle
in the morning sun
starry winter night
and all is quiet - then comes
the howl of a wolf
