tumbling temperatures
fashion birdbath faces
trapped in shallow,
frozen places.
sharp rocky features
of frosty, tight lipped,
icy creatures,
gaze skyward, meek
in chilly silence,
wishing, willing, begging
the winter sun, so weak
to set them free
I retired from public school teaching after happily spending twenty eight years playing in Kindergarten. Now I fill my days watching cat antics, taking endless...