Beneath The Skin Of Cold

a maple leaf
inlayed
into winter

Captured

held
in place
by winter’s embrace

October Snow

the maple leaf
and snow negotiate
time for everything

The Maple’s Ghost

floated by
gracefully entering
the next dimension

Knowing Better We Had Hoped Anyway

dashing the hope
of early spring
winter returned

Repose

beauty
in the ending
life wholly given

Unveiled

all of the intricacies
of the universe
unfold in the maple blossom