for Sam Hamill
Rags of snow
clutch bare oaks;
ice coats
shear rock cuts.
Late winter –
ducks walk frozen lakes;
brittle reeds
edge the shallows.
Approaching the
Connecticut River
how life passes
these stony farms.
for Sam Hamill
Rags of snow
clutch bare oaks;
ice coats
shear rock cuts.
Late winter –
ducks walk frozen lakes;
brittle reeds
edge the shallows.
Approaching the
Connecticut River
how life passes
these stony farms.